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New Delhi : In a bid to further fight misinformation, Google and YouTube have announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the nonprofit Poynter Institute to launch a new Global Fact Check Fund.…

New Delhi : Elon Musk has started reinstating nearly 62,000 suspended Twitter accounts with more than 10,000 followers, including one account that has over 5 million followers and 75 accounts with over 1 million followers. According to…

New Delhi : Twitter has paused support for enforcing Covid-19 misleading information policy on its platform. As per an update on the company's blog, "Twitter is no longer enforcing the Covid-19 misleading information policy". Under its…

San Francisco : Google has announced its partnership with iCAD, a leader in medical technology and cancer detection, to develop AI to improve the accuracy and expand the availability of breast cancer screenings. This will be Google's first…

New Delhi : Twitter has rolled out an algorithm update that identifies more low-quality Community Notes, which will result in the suspension of contributor status for those who write unhelpful annotations to provide further clarification…

San Francisco : Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has launched the 'forward media with caption' feature on iOS, which provides users the ability to forward images, videos, GIFs and documents, with a caption. After downloading the…

New York : The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general have settled lawsuits against Google and iHeartMedia to pay $9.4 million in penalties over featuring deceptive ads promoting the Pixel 4 smartphone. The…

New Delhi : Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday said that it has removed over 1.7 million videos in India for violating its Community Guidelines in its Q3 report. In the same period, the streaming platform removed over 5.6 million videos…

New Delhi : Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Monday announced the launch of a new 'Message Yourself' feature in India, in the coming weeks. It is a 1:1 chat with yourself to send notes, reminders, and updates, the company said in a…

New Delhi : As Elon Musk goes gaga over transforming Twitter, at least 5.4 million Twitter user records have been stolen via an internal bug and leaked online on a hacker forum. In addition to the 5.4 million records for sale online, there…