fake news

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Impending electricity meter lockout stories are fake news — Eskom

    Impending electricity meter lockout stories are fake news — Eskom Eskom has confirmed that reports of impending prepaid meter lockouts in South Africa are fake news and that no meter lockouts are occurring. The source of the misleading information is publications that appear to use artificial...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    South African fake news website using infamous proxy service to hide owner's identity

    South African fake news website using infamous proxy service to hide owner's identity A fake news website that has caused panic in South Africa in recent weeks after being promoted by Google News is using an infamous proxy service to shield its owner’s identity. The service — Iceland-based...
  4. RedViking

    Google Feed Spam / Fake News websites?

    Google Feed started feeding me these websites. Doing a Google search I can't verify the information and it looks like the same website copied over various domains. Now these websites also seem to come up on my searches as the first websites listed. I can block the sources on my feed but can't...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Using AI to detect fake news

    Using AI to detect fake news In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Facebook shuts down important research tool

    Facebook shuts down important research tool For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online. But earlier this week, the owner of CrowdTangle, Meta, shut the tool down. The tech giant...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Lie about Elon Musk family photo with domestic worker

    Lie about Elon Musk family photo with domestic worker After a brief tweet war between billionaire Elon Musk and South African politician Julius Malema, a photo of a white woman and child with a kneeling black woman appeared on social media with the claim the child is Musk. But this is not true...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Explosion of fake news generated by ChatGPT

    Explosion of fake news generated by ChatGPT The news-rating group NewsGuard has found dozens of news websites generated by AI chatbots proliferating online, according to a reportpublished Monday, raising questions about how the technology may supercharge established fraud techniques. The 49...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Voortrekker Monument and Loftus are safe, Ramaphosa video stating otherwise is a deepfake

    Voortrekker Monument and Loftus are safe, Ramaphosa video stating otherwise is a deepfake IN SHORT: If you look closely at a video circulating on South Africa social media in March 2023, you might think there’s something uncanny about how president Cyril Ramaphosa appears and talks. And you’d...
  10. Agent67

    Fake news, fake publication, next level: Iqbal Survé’s IOL makes up a ‘journalist’ to further attack truth

    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-09-06-fake-news-fake-publication-next-level-iqbal-surves-iol-makes-up-a-journalist-to-further-attack-truth/
  11. RedViking

    Where to report media displaying false information?

    South Africa - FAKE news has become a world wide problem and spreading it might even be punishable under law. But there is also a different kind of fake news spread daily. MEDIA. Spreading half truths or conveniently leave out information, using headings to gather clicks, as the original...
  12. J

    Fake news websites suffering under Facebook crackdown

    Fake news websites suffering under Facebook crackdown In February, the YourNewsWire page on Facebook was at its peak popularity, boosted by its salacious post claiming that Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, was Fidel Castro’s love child. That story, shared 1,800 times, represented...
  13. Kevin Lancaster

    Fake news poses threat to mainstream media – Minister

    Fake news poses threat to mainstream media – Minister While the jury is still out on what exactly constitutes “fake news”, the peddling of untruths is not a new phenomenon in South Africa, and the fourth estate needs to work harder than ever to prove its credibility.
  14. Kevin Lancaster

    How easy it is to make a fake news photo

    How easy it is to make a fake news photo Local and international publications have lambasted the scourge of fake news in recent weeks.
  15. Kevin Lancaster

    How to stop falling for fake news on Facebook

    How to stop falling for fake news on Facebook Fake news websites – publications which post hoaxes and propaganda and make it look like real news – is a growing problem. Fake stories are geared towards being shared on social media, which can mislead readers and even influence decisions.
  16. Kevin Lancaster

    The fight against fake news

    The fight against fake news Facebook and Twitter have joined the fight against fake news by uniting with global newsrooms.
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