The press release is fake. Despite the violence in Paris, the French government has not ordered total or partial internet shutdowns. Riots started in Nanterre, a suburb of France’s Paris, after the police reportedly fatally shot a 17-year-old boy named Nahel during a traffic stop. As many as 40,000 police personnel and riot officers have […]
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Rare human qualities like kindness and honesty emerge in various aspects of society. Such good qualities emerge and surprise the audience even in very competitive sporting events. Information about those occasions is being spread on social media. However, some posts are misleading. This is our investigation into such misleading social media posts. Social Media Posts […]
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Since Google announced its own language model AI called “Bard” in February, it has garnered worldwide attention, as Google is one of the biggest tech companies with vast data resources. And recently, we found various Facebook pages, claiming to be official pages of Google and promoting posts with malicious links, claiming to be the new model of […]
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The Titanic-bound submersible vessel, ‘Titan’, went missing during a tourist expedition, and all crew members were declared dead after the US Coast Guard officials stated that a ‘catastrophic implosion’ likely caused the explosion. Several social media posts were viral, targeting OceanGate Expeditions, the company responsible for this voyage. One such post claimed that, soon after […]
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The internet is a crucial element of modern life. If it were to disappear, it would not only impact human communication but also potentially cause disruptions to the energy system, transportation system, economy, and global access to information. Lately, social media users have expressed concern over the possibility of an “Internet Apocalypse” or the collapse […]
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In February 2023, US military forces shot down a Chinese balloon roaming the US airspace. While China stated that the balloon was for climate research purposes, the US accused it was for spying on the USA. Despite uncertainty about the actual situation behind the scene, there have been many social media posts based on this […]
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Three weeks ago, a news published by mainstream news channels stated that the Marine Environmental Protection Authority of Sri Lanka (MEPA), a government institute, claimed there had been no chemical leakage from the debris of the Xpress Pearl disaster. This new was published by News First, one of the leading news channels in Sri Lanka, […]
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The ill-fated journey of the ‘Titan’ submersible vessel, which went missing during a tourist expedition to the ‘Titanic’, has created headlines worldwide. And as hope for finding the missing vessel diminished with every passing day, the US Coast Guards finally declared that the submersible had imploded, killing all five people on board. Social media was […]
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Holding one of the viral ministries, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry has been actively involved in a number of multilateral and bilateral discussions with several world leaders and foreign diplomats over the past few months. However, a recent viral Tweet had questioned the amount of money the minister had spent during his recent foreign […]
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While the development of artificial intelligence (AI) can be highly beneficial and boost human productivity, AI can sometimes create misunderstandings. This is especially true when social media users fail to mention that a particular artwork was made using AI technologies. In the most recent example, an AI-generated image of Tom Cruise went viral, claiming to […]
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