Fact Check
- India
ANI post on MDMK chief Vaiko’s comments on Congress ‘misleading’
A recent comment by Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko on the Indian National Congress betraying Tamil Nadu triggered a controversy after ANI posted it on X. However, it was later…
- India
SC stays Centre’s notification on setting up PIB’s Fact Check Unit
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Centre’s notification on setting up a fact-checking unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to identify fake news about the Union government. The…
- India
HC refuses to grant interim stay on Union govt’s fact-checking unit
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant interim stay on setting up a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the recently amended Information Technology Rules to identify fake and false content…
- Business
Google rolls out fact-check tool for images globally
San Francisco: To help users find high-quality information about what they see online, Google has rolled out the “About this image” fact-check tool to English language users globally in Search. According to…
- Technology
Google rolls out fact-check tool for images globally
San Francisco: To help users find high-quality information about what they see online, Google has rolled out the “About this image” fact-check tool to English language users globally in Search. According to…
- India
Centre defers move to bring in fact check rules amid protests
New Delhi: Amid uproar over the proposed amendments in IT rules which mandate Press Information Bureau (PIB) to take down information marked as “fake news”, the Central government has decided to defer…
- India
Fake news policing: Govt to hold separate consultation next month on PIB fact check, says MoS IT
New Delhi: Amid outrage over a plan to give powers to its arm PIB to police fake news on social media, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday said that the government will…
- India
After repeated debunks, video of Muslim leader ‘spitting on food’ resurfaces
Despite fact-checking a video and proving its claims to be false, a video of a Muslim religious leader blowing on a plate filled with food has again gone viral with the same…
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