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A meme claims that if Congress raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour, President Biden will try to tax those full-time workers at 52%. This is false.

‘Minor safety’ has the app’s highest proactive removal rate, according to the report

TikTok released its latest transparency report, which breaks down just how much misinformation the platformed removed over the last six months of 2020.

Another left-wing fact-checking organization targeted a Federalist article focused on green energy’s inability to hold up during the Texas winter storm last week on Facebook. “Independent fact-checkers say this information is missing context and could mislead people,” Facebook factchecker Lead Stories’ label reads. The fact check from Gov. Andrew Cuomo-defending organization PolitiFact claims that “natural gas plants were the biggest cause of the power shortfall, not wind.” The auth...

Despite efforts by chat apps to curb disinformation, rumors continue to circulate unchecked on these platforms amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They potentially contribute to real world harm.

Several people on social media shared Biden’s emotions and paid their heartfelt tribute to the FBI agents who lost their lives on duty. That being said, some are now claiming that Alfin was apparently involved a probe into Hunter Biden’s laptop. Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, addressing virtual DNC (Getty Images) Daniel Alfin and Hunter Biden The New York Times reported in 2020 that Hunter Biden left his laptop at a repair shop in Delaware in April 2019. The repair shop owner cla...

TikTok to flag and downrank ‘unsubstantiated’ claims fact checkers can’t verify TikTok this morning announced a new feature that aims to combat the spread of misinformation on its platform. In addition to removing videos that are identified to be spreading false information, as verified by fact-checking partners, the company says it will now also flag videos where fact checks are inconclusive. These videos may also become ineligible for promotion into anyone’s For You page, TikTok notes...

TikTok Is Adding a Potential Misinformation Warning Label to Save Us From Ourselves Share Photo: TikTok To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Like all social media companies, misinformation has tested TikTok, and sometimes TikTok hasfailed. Its latest attempt to move the needle is impl...

TikTok Implements Prompts To Deter Users From Proliferating Misinformation TikTok is introducing platform-wide prompts in a bid to clamp down on the spread of misinformation, which will instruct users to think twice before sharing clips that could contain falsities. In a blog post, TikTok noted it already has measures in place to remove misinformation as determined by fact-checking partners PolitiFact, Lead Stories, and SciVerify. If fact-checks are inconclusive, however, TikTok says it may ...

Know the Facts: TikTok’s latest move against misinformation TikTok’s new fact-checking feature aims to make you think twice before sharing an unverified video. TikTok is rolling out a new feature that aims to reduce the spread of misinformation in areas such as health and civic processes. The feature, named Know the Facts, will arrive in the US and Canada today (3 February) and will land in the UK on 22 February. It will then launch in other global locations in the coming weeks. A trust and...