Warning! Scammers Are Pretending to Be CoinDesk Journalists on Social Media

Scammers are pretending to be CoinDesk journalists on social media and elsewhere. Be careful. Real CoinDesk journalists reach out to strangers all the time as they attempt to find, substantiate ... Read More

The Era of Web3 in Social Media: Tackling Fake Accounts and Restoring User Control

serious concerns have arisen about the rise of fake social media accounts. In the fourth quarter alone of 2022, Facebook took action on close to 1.3 billion fake accounts. Yet, more and more fake ... Read More

Fake And Mock Social Media Accounts Are A Problem For Educators

This month, the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) and the Consortium for School Networking ... social media accounts. NSPRA has found that LinkedIn, Meta's Facebook and ... Read More

Reveal’s guide to spotting fake news

Getting reliable news in the social media age is a perilous endeavor ... And in the lead-up to France’s presidential election, Facebook shut down more than 30,000 accounts it had flagged as fake news. Read More

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What this inside look at Facebook ... accounts tried to sow discord around social issues such as race and civil rights. News Wrap: Twitter labels video retweeted by Trump as ‘manipulated media ... Read More

Social-networking sites share breaking news

More people are turning to social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and Flickr when news breaks ... Twitter account in addition to posting tweets for his paper. Mainstream media is learning ... Read More

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Between them, social media platforms like Facebook ... news story, that’s often not the case; cognitive biases and deep-seated political beliefs may make even the smartest among us fall for fake ... Read More

Social media accounts use AI-generated audio to push 2024 election misinformation

A recent social media post made what appeared to be a surprising announcement about the 2024 presidential race. "Breaking news: Donald Trump ... several TikTok accounts spreading false narratives ... Read More

Quiz: Can you spot a fake social media account?

The account could be politically motivated ... How algorithms and filter bubbles decide what we see on social media Find out how fake news can often be spread more easily in a filtered social ... Read More

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When Madeline “Maddi” Kingsbury, a 26-year-old Minnesota mom vanished, her distraught sister turned to the social media platform ... the dissemination of fake news on X and alleged obstruction ... Read More