In the past 24 hours: • 5 dead and 200 injured in Christmas market attack in Germany. • 3 people stabbed in Oslo, Norway. • A bomb is detonated in Stockholm, Sweden.
In the past 24 hours: • 5 dead and 200 injured in Christmas market attack in Germany. • 3 people stabbed in Oslo, Norway. • A bomb is detonated in Stockholm, Sweden.
READ MORE False news often spreads via public groups, or chats, with potentially fatal effects. This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. Elsewhere, version 8.6 of Telegram integrates the in-app camera option into the gallery, while a new navigation bar gives quick access to photos, files, location sharing, and more. But the Ukraine Crisis Media Center's Tsekhanovska points out that communications are often down in zones most affected by the war, making this sort of cross-referencing a luxury many cannot afford.
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