Fake news

AI not a reliable source of news, EU media study says

ARTIFICIAL intelligence assistants such as ChatGPT made errors about half the time when asked about news events, according to a vast study by European public broadcasters released Wednesday.

After Joe Biden took office in 2021, his administration urged platforms to purge what it identified as harmful misinformation - including content that encouraged people to inject bleach and other disinfectants to cure Covid-19, a suggestion once echoed by Donald Trump.

YouTube to reinstate creators banned over misinformation

YOUTUBE is set to reinstate creators previously banned for promoting Covid-19 misinformation and false election-related content, according to a letter sent on Tuesday by parent company Alphabet to a R...

TikTok will be summoned to Malaysian police headquarters on Thursday, with the police chief and attorney-general expected to be in attendance.

Malaysia summons TikTok management over delays in tackling fake news: report

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian authorities have summoned TikTok’s top management over the social media company’s alleged delays in tackling fake news on its platform, state news agency Bernama reported on T...

California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will drop his lawsuit against Fox News if the network issues a retraction and its network host Jesse Watters apologises for its report on the recent Los Angeles riots.

Expect more US politicians to sue the news media

This is a troubling era in which politicians of both parties use lawsuits as weapons against media outlets in the war to control the narrative

One in six respondents in the survey reported being the victim of some form of gender-based or sexual violence on Meta platforms, while 66 per cent said they had witnessed harmful content such as hateful or violent material.

Rise in ‘harmful content’ since Meta policy rollbacks: survey

[WASHINGTON] Harmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta’s platforms since the company ended third-party fact-checking in the United States and eased moderation policies, a survey sho...

Backed by France and Spain, Greece spearheaded a proposal for how the EU should limit children’s use of online platforms as a rising body of evidence shows the negative effects of social media on children’s mental and physical health.

New push in Europe to curb children’s social media use

[LUXEMBOURG] From dangerous diet tips to disinformation, cyberbullying to hate speech, the glut of online content harmful to children grows every day. But several European countries have had enough an...

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the company was going to “get rid” of its third-party fact-checkers in the United States, in a sweeping policy shift that analysts saw as an attempt to appease US President-elect Donald Trump.

Disinformation experts slam Meta decision to end US fact-checking

TECH giant Meta’s shock announcement that it is ending its US fact-checking programme triggered scathing criticism on Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgate...

Falsehoods and disinformation can derail companies as online fakery can morph and multiply quicker than ever before.
THE BOTTOM LINE

The disinformation storm is now hitting companies harder

Businesses need new playbooks for dealing with online falsehoods as AI intensifies the risks

The upcoming four more years for Donald Trump have raised concerns of legitimising misinformation about vaccines, climate change and other health issues.

Misinformation fears mount over second Trump term

DONALD Trump’s election victory paves the way for a fresh wave of misinformation, not only around politics but also on vaccines and climate, with his expected cabinet picks ready to challenge the scie...