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Twitter considers labelling lies in politicians’ tweets

Stephen King takes ‘The Stand’ against Facebook

Facebook takes extra steps to counter coronavirus misinformation

Warren proposes civil and criminal penalties for spreading disinformation

Facebook upholds politicians’ right to lie in online ads

Online hate speech could be ‘contained like a computer virus’

Deep-learning tool detects whoppers with 90 per cent accuracy

China’s new online content rules seek to root out fake news and deepfakes

Trump campaign rages at Facebook’s hint about political ad restrictions

Google bans micro-targeting tactics for political advertising

Wikipedia’s Wales launches ad-free social network

Zuckerberg defends hosting private dinners with right-wing figures

California bans political deepfakes ahead of elections

You won’t believe what happened when this AI read clickbait

Anti-Hong Kong protest smear posts removed by social networks

Facebook failing to tackle fake reviews, says Which?

Conspiracy theorists hijack engineering terms to spread deceit on YouTube

US House Intelligence chief presses social media firms on deepfake policies

MPs demand action to thwart online electoral interference

Google adds disinformation detection to internet safety curriculum

Tim Cook calls out social networks over data breaches and disinformation

Russian trolls experimented with different methods to maximise political disruption

Shut down Facebook to force reform, former adviser tells lawmakers

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