Indian-led team develops online search system to limit COVID-19 misinformation

A proliferation of misinformation can have real consequences, so the team created a way to make these searches more reliable

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube prepare to tackle Trump attacks if he doesn’t ‘go quietly’

Facebook is considering options including a “kill switch” to shut off political advertising after election day to thwart misinformation.

The company, owned by China-based ByteDance, also launched a new @tiktok_comms Twitter account to address issues in real time.

The tech giant in an open letter claimed it would be forced to hand over users’ search data to news media companies.

It will serve as a one-stop-shop to give people in the US the tools and information they need to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

The eldest son of US President Donald Trump posted a since-deleted tweet with a viral video of doctors talking about hydroxychloroquine

Health officials in southern state of Victoria pled with the public to get themselves tested and to ignore disinformation spreading online

“Our goal is to make it easier for people to identify content that’s timely, reliable and most valuable to them,” a Facebook official said.

It is legally compelled to comply with government orders to block pages but criticised it saying the law would stifle voices on the internet

In a statement, Twitter said Trump’s vote-by-mail tweets “contain potentially misleading information about voting processes "