Woman tries to enter China with over 200 Intel CPUs hidden inside fake pregnant belly
WTF?! Chinese customs have arrested a woman returning to the region with 202 Intel CPUs and nine iPhones wrapped around her torso and hid beneath a prosthetic expecting belly. The would-be smuggler was a youthful woman crossing the border between Macau,…
Tech Stocks Roundup: Facebook Slammed for Fake Celebrity Crypto Ads
Facebook finds itself at the center of another controversy. Australia’s consumer watchdog agency (ACCC) has decided to sue Meta (MVRS) – Get Meta Report, formerly Facebook, for having allegedly “aided and abetted celebrity scam ads on…
Brazil bans Telegram messaging service in crackdown on ‘fake news’
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil’s Supreme Court banned the popular messaging service Telegram, in a widening crackdown on what authorities describe as fake news and hate speech in the lead up to presidential elections later this year. On Friday, Justice…
Google up in arms over Brazil’s fake news bill
Google has published an open letter to complain about proposed legislation aimed at tackling the spread of false information in Brazil, arguing the bill could bring a raft of negative consequences. Signed by Google Brazil president Fabio Coelho, the…
TikTok’s global ambitions take another hit as Russia’s ‘fake news’ law forces suspension
Chinese-owned app TikTok, the country’s first social media platform with global influence, has suspended live streaming and new content in Russia to comply with a law that criminalises the spreading of what the Kremlin calls “fake…
Opinion | How to Keep the Rising Tide of Fake News From Drowning Our Democracy
The rise of anonymous speech facilitated by the information revolution, particularly on social media, increases the opportunities for foreign interference to influence American electoral choices, as we saw with Russian efforts in the 2016 and 2020…
TikTok suspends new content and livestreaming in Russia after Putin signs ‘fake news’ law
World Bank President David Malpass, in a wide-ranging interview on ‘Cavuto: Coast-to-Coast,’ provides insight into the Russia-Ukraine conflict. TikTok joined the corporate exodus from Russia on Sunday as the Chinese-owned social media platform announced…
TikTok suspends all livestreaming and content sharing in Russia in response to the country’s new controversial ‘fake news’ law
TikTok (rightmost icon in the second row) has said that it would ban Russia-backed news outlets such as RT (icon in the first row, second from left) from its platform in the EU. In this picture, the screen of a smartphone shows the logos of the apps…
How to spot fake Russian social media accounts and posts
Young Men Using Smart Phone Social Media Concept (iStock) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the Russia-Ukraine War escalates, cable news ratings have skyrocketed. But look at what they’re showing you: Social media posts and online…
Small cyberphysical watermarks could prevent huge headaches caused by fake meds
People can use a smartphone application to activate a new cyberphysical watermark to detect whether the medication they are taking is real or fake. Purdue biomedical engineers have developed the cyberphysical watermark as a way to reduce fake…