Neowin News Feed for: Misleading

YouTube declares war against "egregious clickbait" thumbnails and titles in India

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:46:01 +0000

YouTube announced that it will start a major crackdown against video titles and thumbnails that are clickbait in nature. The stricter rules will be enforced in India over the coming months. Read more...

Twitter launches Community Notes to tackle the spread of misleading media

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:14:01 +0000

Due to the growing use of AI, Twitter is having trouble preventing the spread of misleading content across its platform. Today, it has announced Community Notes as an attempt to handle the issue. Read more...

Twitter will now warn users if they try to 'like' disputed tweets

Usama Jawad — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 05:52:01 +0000

Twitter has rolled out a new change that now warns users when they try to 'like' a misleading tweet. All disputed claims such as those by Donald Trump now encourage users to visit credible sources. Read more...

Here's how Twitter tried to stop the spread of misleading information during U.S. elections

Usama Jawad — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 03:32:01 +0000

Twitter has detailed its ongoing efforts to curb the spread of fake news related to the U.S. presidential elections. The company will also be reverting some product changes that had a negative impact. Read more...

Twitter announces new labels for misleading COVID-19 posts

Paul Hill — Mon, 11 May 2020 20:16:01 +0000

Twitter is to start labelling misleading information about COVID-19. Depending on the level of harm the Tweet can cause it'll be labelled, come with an overlay warning, or be removed entirely. Read more...

Forget dislike; Facebook is testing a 'Downvote' button to moderate comments

Usama Jawad — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:22:01 +0000

It appears that Facebook is testing a "Downvote" button which allows users to mark questionable comments as misleading, offensive, or off-topic. However, it is only intended for comment moderation. Read more...

Intel "unethical" and "purposely misleading" about Optane technology, says SemiAccurate

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:34:02 +0000

After unveiling its two Optane products to the press in a briefing on March 15, Intel later sent out a deck of slides. Trouble is, important slides were missing from both product presentations. Read more...

Carphone Warehouse accused of misleading iPhone customers

Steven Parker — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:18:24 +0000

Staff at Carphone Warehouse, the UK-based mobile communications retailer, are alleged to be misleading customers about Apple's iPhone insurance policy, the BBC has claimed. The information being communicated to prospective buyers or customers, who expressed... Read more...

Misleading Dell TV advert banned

Steven Parker — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:45:33 +0000

Dell Computers has been banned from showing a television advert that misleads customers over the price of one of its PC systems. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found that the ad breached Committee of Advertising... Read more...

Misleading system requirements for games

Marcel Klum — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 08:02:10 +0000

"In recent years, there's been a tendency for retail releases to list both minimum and recommended system requirements. Has this helped inform the potential buyer a lot more than before? I don't think so. There's... Read more...