Positive news articles can emotionally buffer impact of negative stories

May 18, 2023

According to a study people who saw the news about kindness among people after consuming news about a terrorist attack or other immoral acts...

Research shows dynamics of cross-platform attention to retracted papers

Jun 15, 2022

Evanston [US], June 15 : A study of the online attention received over time by 3,851 retracted scientific articles found that retracted articles received...

Study reveals key reason behind spread of fake news on social media

Jan 18, 2023

USC researchers may have found the biggest influencer in the spread of fake news: social platforms' structure of rewarding users for habitually sharing information.

Check facts before sharing on social media: PM Modi on war against fake news

Oct 28, 2022

Addressing the Chintan Shivir of home ministers of states via video conferencing, PM Modi said, "For the safety and rights of law-abiding citizens, stringent...

Chinese social media filled with uncontrolled fake news about Nepal

Jan 27, 2022

Kathmandu [Nepal], January 27 : A news article at weibo.com, China's own social media, has wrongly portrayed the five-year-long 'Sino-Gorkha war' about the trade...

China used AI-generated news anchors to propagandize political content on social media: Report

Feb 09, 2023

Graphika in a report titled 'Deepfake It Till You Make It', said that China has since late 2022 used Spamouflage, a state-aligned influence operation...