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[ad_1] A right-wing political action committee that supports a Republican MP in Arkansas has published so vile radio ads that the president himself has denounced them. Advertisements are produced by a PAC …
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[ad_1] (Reuters) – Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is launching a test to limit the speed of travel to the US, the message is said on Thursday, after Indian authorities sought to spread rumors …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI – WhatsApp offers research grants to social scientists to help fight the spread of "misinformation" across the multiplatform messaging service. The move comes as a result of a series …
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Read More »False news about WhatsApp incites lynchings in India
[ad_1] Most of the writers are villagers and many are using for the first time smartphones that are incited to violence by rumors suggesting that some people are organ or child traffickers. …
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