Participants at a BIPSS workshop on ‘Developing a Critical Understanding against Fake News and Disinformation,’ deliberated on the proliferation of fake news and the lethal impact it had on states, ...
Facebook and other social platforms, which are also often used to organise peaceful events and pro-democracy movements, have been condemned for failing to stop a range of abusive and hateful content ...
Stressing on digital literacy, state minister for ICT division Zunaid Ahmed Palak said although the rate of literacy in the country has increased substantially, there is a lack of digital literacy ...
Struggling to tame the spread of misinformation on its platform, Facebook can better reduce the extent to which their users fall for and spread fake news articles by deploying a better designed fake ...
Christopher Blair produces false stories he insists are easily identifiable as satire rather than news. His pages can rack up millions of views, and at least part of that audience believes the ...
In yet another bid to take action against the circulation of synthetic and manipulating media on its platform, Twitter on Wednesday announced a new policy where it would begin labeling such content ...
The ICT division of the Bangladesh government organised a gala concert on Thursday in the capital celebrating the 3rd Digital Bangladesh Day with the theme ‘Shotto Mittha Jachai Agey, Internet ...
Twenty countries, including France, Britain and India, signed an agreement at the UN on Thursday that aims to stop the spread of fake news online.The signatories, which also included South Africa and ...