Headlines- False or misleading informations are spread by organizations posing as legitimate media outlets in an attempt to twist public opinion in favor of a certain ideology.
- On social media,watch out for fake messages,pictures,Videos and news.
- Always Check Independent Fact Checking Sites if You Have Some Doubts About the Authenticity of Any Information or Picture or video.
- Check Google Images for AuthThe Google Reverse Images search can helps you.
- It Would Be Better to Ignore Social Media Messages that are forwarded from Unknown or Little-Known Sources.
- If a fake message asks you to share something, you can quickly recognize it as fake messege.
- It is a heinous crime and punishable offence to post obscene, morphed images of women on social media networks, sometimes even in pornographic websites, as retaliation.
- Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI)-driven deep learning software to manipulate preexisting photographs, videos, or audio recordings of a person to create new, fake images, videos, and audio recordings.
- AI technology has the ability to manipulate media and swap out a genuine person's voice and likeness for similar counter parts.
- Deepfake creators use this fake substance to spread misinformation and other illegal activities.Deepfakes are frequently used on social networking sites to elicit heated responses or defame opponents.
- One can identify AI created fake videos by identifying abnormal eye movement, Unnatural facial expressions, a lack of feeling, awkward-looking hand,body or posture,unnatural physical movement or form, unnatural coloring, Unreal-looking hair,teeth that don't appear natural, Blurring, inconsistent audio or noise, images that appear unnatural when slowed down, differences between hashtags blockchain-based digital fingerprints, reverse image searches.
- Look for details,like stange background,orientation of teeth,handsclothing,asymmetrical facial features,use reverse image search tools.
Tag: Freedom of Expression
Zimbabwe Accused of Stiffling Press Freedom
Security forces thwarted the July 31 protests against corruption and poverty,arresting Chin’ono and an opposition leader. South Africa is sendingenvoys to Zimbabwe to investigate reports of escalating rightsabuses,which the government denies
Journalists, Free Speech Activists ‘at Risk...
Censors at the social media platform Weibo were meanwhile stepping up warnings to platform users that they could be pursued for comments deemed to be “attacks on government departments or state media agencies.”
Landmark ECTHR Judgement Finds Boycott Campaign...
According to Amnesty International, peaceful activists in France have been increasingly targeted using inappropriate laws and criminalized simply for freely expressing their views and advocating for boycotts, divestments, and sanctions as a tool to end human rights violations against Palestinians.
Delay in Assange Proceedings in UK...
According to a communique released by the International human rights organization on 27 April, the case has been adjourned until 4 May at which time a new schedule will be agreed. The judge signaled that November 2020 may be the first date where a large enough block of time can be secured to continue the proceedings
Bangladesh Court Bans 2 Books, Orders...
The court’s ruling to ban the books, “Grandma’s Dictum” and “Dia Arefin,” – both works of non-fiction – and to order them removed them from stalls at the Ekushey Book Fair occurred on the fifth anniversary of the murder of U.S.-Bangladeshi secular blogger and writer Avijit Roy. He was killed in a machete-attack by Muslim zealots as he was leaving the literary festival
Freedom of Speech Does Not Provide...
Netizens believe that right to poke fun and even to offend others even religiously or even cyber stalking is an integral part of freedom of speech but some experts believe that freedom is not absolute and should not use as a licence to abuse.
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Freedom House: Social Media Increasingly Conduit...
The democracy watchdog group, Freedom House, has released a report painting a bleak outlook for the way many governments are using social media
Turkey’s Internet Regulation Sparks Fears of...
In Turkey, new controls regulating internet broadcasting have come into force. The government says all broadcasters need to abide by the same rules, but critics claim the new measures are an attempt to silence the last platform for independent journalism
Morocco: Hajar Raissouni, New Victim of...
The trial of Hajar Raissouni , a reporter for the Arabic-language daily Akhbar Alyaoum , one of the last independent newspapers in Morocco, opened on Monday (September 9th) before the Rabat court of first instance. Arrested for illegal abortion on August 30 and kept in detention since then, the journalist denounces “fabricated accusations” and a “political affair”, related in particular to his recent articles on detainees of the social movement of “Hirak”
Wave of Assassinations of Journalists in...
The recent assassinations of Jorge Celestino Ruíz Vázquez and Nevith Condés Jaramillo bring to 10 the number of journalists killed in Mexico in 2019, which confirms its status as the most dangerous country in the world for the press. Coupled with almost total impunity, this situation of extreme violence has not yet generated a strong reaction from the government of Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, to whom Reporters Without Borders (RSF) addresses its recommendations