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Facebook India head says WhatsApp Payments could be disruptive in the country: Report
Tech2 News Staff •WhatsApp is waiting for regulatory approval to launch Payments that’s currently on a pilot program
Facebook reportedly removed about 3 billion fake accounts in the last six months
•Although it's getting better, Facebook’s new report didn’t say how many fake accounts it also missed
Lok Sabha polls: Facebook, WhatsApp should boost digital media literacy to supplement its efforts against fighting fake news
Partha P Chakrabartty •Facebook has 2.3 billion ‘citizens’ of its ‘digital nation’ and its time the tech giant is held accountable.
Fact checkers come to rescue as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter grapple with unbridled spread of fake news this election season
•With 900 million people eligible to vote and an estimated half-a-billion with access to the internet, fake news can have an enormous impact on the election.
Facebook says it removed more accounts tied to Iran for coordinating fake accounts
Tech2 News Staff •Facebook says these accounts targeted people across the world, but more heavily in the Middle East, South Asia.
Facebook plans independent content oversight board to address misinformation issue
•Facebook said the transparency tools for electoral ads would be expanded globally before the end of June.
Facebook Pages to go through new authorisation process to continue to post
Ians •This move is aimed to make it difficult to run fake accounts and pages on Facebook.
Facebook reaches out to US Digital Forensic Research Lab to battle fake news
•Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab studies serious and at times obscure international issues.
Facebook partners with Indian journalism institute to curb spread of fake news
Ians •Facebook will be training students on fact-based and high integrity journalism in the digital age.
Facebook’s fight against misinformation in News Feed is a human problem as much as it is Facebook’s
Sheldon •But at the end of the day, Facebook has to deal with it because it’s free to use social platform is the one helping spread misinformation.