misinformation

  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

    UK doubles down on social media laws

    UK doubles down on social media laws The UK plans to extend its rules against illegal material online to cover how social media companies respond to crises like the recent riots in the country, according to a statement from British regulator Ofcom on Monday. The agency released its first...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's plan to regulate AI and misinformation

    South Africa's plan to regulate AI and misinformation In its annual performance plan for 2024/25, South Africa's Film and Publication Board (FPB) revealed that it is conducting "deep research" into generative AI to prevent the technology from spreading misinformation. Citing the World Economic...
  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

    PayPal says inclusion of $2,500 misinformation fine in new policy was "incorrect"

    PayPal says inclusion of $2,500 misinformation fine in new policy was "incorrect" PayPal Holdings Inc. said it has no intention of fining customers for spreading misinformation, after attracting criticism for publishing a new user agreement outlining such a plan. The issue gained traction over...
  9. Agent67

    'Stop the Steal 2.0': Facebook is fuelling spread of antidemocratic election lies in Brazil, report

    https://www.businessinsider.co.za/stop-the-steal-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-meta-false-claims-ads-2022-9
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google will add more details to Search results to fight misinformation

    Google will add more details to Search results to fight misinformation Google will start adding details and context about topics and sources to search-engine results, a move to help U.S. users become more literate about the origins of online material and to combat misinformation. The Alphabet...
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