A change spotted in WhatsApp beta limits the sharing of regular messages (not just frequently forwarded ones) with multiple chats.
In response to the war in Ukraine, TikTok is rolling out its state media policy to label content from some state-controlled media accounts.
Instagram is taking more decisive action against posts that may contain bullying or hate speech or that may encourage violence.
Participants of the Birdwatch misinformation reporting pilot can now comment on and report questionable content using an alias.
YouTube reports that 1% of videos pulled from its platform in the first half of 2021 had sexually explicit content involving children.
Facebook’s Transparency Center has detailed a list of 28 types of offensive posts that see their reach reduced in News Feed.
A new academic study found that misinformation on Facebook received six times more engagement than real news.
Reddit is banning the anti-vaccine subreddit r/NoNewNormal, and quarantining 54 other COVID-denying communities.
Twitter is testing a new labeling feature to try to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform.
As part of its effort to rid its platform of misinformation, Facebook is expanding its penalties for users that repeatedly share misinformation.
TikTok is rolling out a new warning banner on videos that contain unverified information, to discourage users from sharing them.
Twitter has announced a new community-driven way to address misinformation on its platform called Birdwatch.
Twitter is rolling out an update that provides more context for trending topics, a feature that has been heavily used for misinformation.
Facebook is introducing a forwarding limit on Messenger as part of its efforts to slow the spread of misinformation.
WhatsApp is piloting a way for users to double-check forwarded messages by uploading them through their browser - without WhatsApp seeing them.
In an effort to fight misinformation, WhatsApp is further limiting the number of people you can forward viral messages to.
With cases of the coronavirus increasing every day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has joined TikTok to spread awareness and fight misinformation about the virus.
As part of its efforts to fight misinformation around the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak, Google has announced the launch of an SOS Alert for related searches.