THE FACEBOOK INVESTIGATIONS
Is Facebook in India Truly Independent of Political Influence?
The Conversations
Articles, News, Controversies
- Ad transparency tools will help users have a check over political ads in India
- Social media prone to more misuse and spread of misinformation at times of elections
- Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp remove 500 posts in the last 48 hours
- Facebook adds a new feature to tackle "low-quality" content
- Fake news rampant with 1 in 2 Indians receiving it via WhatsApp, Facebook
- Facebook rep lands up at FB user's doorsteps
- FB takes AI help to shut down accounts spreading misinformation
- Facebook bans white extremist content in the US
- Users won't be added to WhatsApp groups without their consent
- WhatsApp launched Tip line ahead of general elections
- Facebook, Google pressured EU expert group to soften fake news regulations
- Facebook patent plans to scan users' photos for ads
- Facebook bans white nationalist and separatist content
- Almost 9% of Facebook accounts are fake, says company
- Facebook stored millions of passwords unprotected
- Facebook caught lobbying against data privacy laws
- Apps share sensitive user data with FB
- News algorithm draws ire from advertisers
- Facebook users cannot avoid location-based ads
- Facebook exempts tech giants from privacy wall
Videos, Watchdogs, Tools
- Fact Checker (Washington Post)
From columnist Glenn Kessler, focusing on accuracy of statements of political figures "regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local" is of utmost importance. In a busy, 24-hour news cycle, it's hard to spot the truth behind the rhetoric. We're doing it for you.
- Media Bias Fact Check
Media Bias/Fact Check, founded in 2015, is an independent online media outlet. It is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices. The aim is to inspire action and a rejection of overtly biased media and to return to an era of straight forward news reporting
- Politifact.com
Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. We publish to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy. It is focused on looking at specific statements made by politicians and rating them for accuracy.
- Veracity
With Veracity, you can perform reverse image search on any image. It allows you to find out what the subject of a photo is, discover where else on the web the same photo exists, even it if has been cropped or edited, root out profiles that use fake photos.
- Alexa
Alexa allows you to plug in a website and learn which other sites are referring users to it, and what Google keywords will lead you it. Can help spot a group of news websites that are related in certain ways. Its suite of intuitive analytics products transforms data into meaningful insights.
- YouTube Data Viewer
The YouTube Data Viewer is a simple tool to extract hidden data from videos hosted on YouTube. It allows you to extract the following variables, which are most useful for tracking down original content: Exact upload time and All thumbnails. It was developed by David Danforth for the Citizen Evidence Lab.
Articles, Guides, Books
