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Iraqis demonstrate in Tahrir Square in Baghdad on May 25, 2021, to demand accountability for a recent wave of killings targeting activists. (File/AFP)

Misinformation thrives in Iraq’s virtual battlegrounds

  • Misinformation about political, social, security and economic issues abound online in the country, said an official from the Tech 4 Peace collective
  • The Tech 4 Peace official said that Facebook is “the main vehicle for false news in Iraq,” and that there is a new trending fake story “almost daily”
By AFP ·
Anti-feminist trolls target first Egyptian woman captain with fake Arab News profile

Anti-feminist trolls target first Egyptian woman captain with fake Arab News profile

By Arab News ·
Media watchdog: Iran must end convictions over ‘false news’

Media watchdog: Iran must end convictions over ‘false news’

By Arab News ·
Why the world needs to take deepfakes seriously

Why the world needs to take deepfakes seriously

By TAREK ALI AHMAD ·
Special Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani, a key player in the first oil shock of 1973, has died at the age of 90 on February 23, 2021. (AN collage)

How a Wikipedia error took root in the world’s media: Ahmad Zaki Yamani, the ‘first OPEC secretary-general’ that never was

By TAREK ALI AHMAD ·
Twitter launches crowd-sourced fact-checking project

Twitter launches crowd-sourced fact-checking project

By AP ·
Fake News Alert: Emirates did not fire pilot for refusing to fly to Israel

Fake News Alert: Emirates did not fire pilot for refusing to fly to Israel

By Arab News ·
Special Indian journalists condemn misinformation about Karachi ‘civil war’ 

Indian journalists condemn misinformation about Karachi ‘civil war’ 

By Sanjay Kumar ·
Facebook launches climate science info center amid fake news criticism

Facebook launches climate science info center amid fake news criticism

By Reuters ·
Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news

Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news

By Reuters ·
UN sounds alarm over fake news in troubled Mali

UN sounds alarm over fake news in troubled Mali

By AFP ·
Egyptian journalist detained on fake news charges: Lawyer

Egyptian journalist detained on fake news charges: Lawyer

By AP ·
Erdogan vs. Putin in battle over fake news

Erdogan vs. Putin in battle over fake news

By MENEKSE TOKYAY ·

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