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Technology
How Twitter has badly failed to tame parody accounts in India
New Delhi: Parody accounts on Twitter were meant to post fun-laden tweets to delight the followers. Instead, they have become fake news factories, misleading the users on burning issues in…
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Technology
Google to boost fake news, illegal content monitoring on YouTube
Seoul: Google’s video-sharing platform YouTube will cooperate with South Korea to closely monitor and prevent the spread of fake news and illegal content. Google’s Senior Vice President Neal Mohan made the…
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Editor arrested for carrying COVID-19 fake news against KCR
Hyderabad: In a swift operation a team of Jubilee Hills police on Monday morning arrested an Editor of vernacular Telugu daily for allegedly carrying a report claiming of Chief Minister…
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News
Google brings fact-check label to images in Search
San Francisco: To help users decide whether they should believe what they see, Google has started showing a fact-check label under the thumbnail image results that people search. “When you…
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WhatsApp chatbot now in Hindi to curb Covid-19 fake news
New Delhi: The International Fact-Checking Network, a unit of the Poynter Institute, on Thursday launched the Hindi version of its global chatbot for WhatsApp to fight misinformation about Covid-19. The service…
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News
GHMC Dy Mayor asks police to file FIR against local news outlets
Hyderabad: Today, a clip claiming that the GHMC Deputy Mayor Baba Fasiuddin and two corporators have been tested positive for coronavirus is being widely circulated on social media. However, that…
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Complaint against News18 anchor for fake news on Muslims
MUMBAI: A police complaint has been filed against News18’s TV anchor Amish Devgan for spreading false news against Muslims. The complaint was filed by Shahzad Khan, the founding member of…
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TikTok’s #MatKarForward aims to curb spread of fake news
NEW DELHI: Short video platform TikTok on Monday said it is launching a new campaign, urging users to be extremely careful with the content they create and share online to…
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Kashmir
FIR against 2 journalists in Kashmir for fake news
Srinagar: After photojournalist Masrat Zehra was booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) the Jammu & Kashmir Police has registered a case against another journalist Peerzada Ashiq. A police statement said…
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Electronic, social media not under jurisdiction:PCI on Fake news
New Delhi: Replying to the complaint against unverified and fake news telecast on electronic media, news channels’ by their anchors and editors and their micro blogging handle, Press Council of…
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India
WHO confirmed ‘protocol’ on COVID-19 lockdown is fake
NEW DELHI: A post has been shared multiple times on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter by India-based users alongside a claim that the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines on…
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World
Fact check: Scores of peacocks poisoned in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Two photos purported to show dead peacocks have been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts claiming the birds were poisoned by farmers in Sri Lanka. The images have been shared…
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India
ANI reports fake news about Tablighi Jamaat, DCP refutes claim
Misinformation regarding COVID-19 has peaked since the Tablighi Jamaat markaz in Delhi’s Nizamuddin emerged as one of the hotspots of the outbreak. On April 7, 2020, news agency ANI tweeted…
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India
Fact Check: Are Muslims sneezing in unison to spread Corona?
Ever since Delhi’s Markaz Nizamuddin was identified as a coronavirus hotspot, several old and unrelated videos showing the Muslim community in poor light are being circulated on social media. In…
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India
Zee News expresses regret for linking false report with Tablighi
Amid fake news pandemic sweeping across the nation, Zee News aired yet another unverified and false report on the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 and linked it to Tablighis who have…
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News
483 Corona Warriors to fight fake news in Dakshnina Kannada
Mangaluru:A group of netizens in Dakshina Kannada district has formed an anti-fake news team during the coronavirus outbreak, calling themselves DK Corona Warriors. The team comprises 483 volunteers registered with…
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Bangalore News
Beware of fake news, warns Yediyurappa
Bengaluru: Spreading false news is punishable, do not trust unauthorized news, appealed Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Thursday. “Spreading false news is punishable. Do not trust unauthorized news,” tweeted Yediyurappa…
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Delhi
Tablighi Jamat:JUH moves SC seeking end to spread of ‘fake news’
New Delhi: Alleging that a section of the media is spreading communal hatred over last month’s Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has moved the Supreme Court seeking…
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News
With Tablighi in spotlight, fake news targeting Muslims abounds
SHAWN SEBASTIAN Since 30 March, when news broke that six attendees at the Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic religious gathering in Delhi’s Nizamuddin locality, had died of COVID-19, fact-checking websites have…
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World
Fake news pandemic surges on Facebook, Twitter
New York: In novel coronavirus times, there is so much fake news going around and according to new research, there’s a price to pay when you get your news and political…
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India
COVID-19: Maha Cyber registers 36 FIRs for spreading fake news
Nagpur: Maharashtra Police’s cyber unit has registered 36 FIRs across the state against those spreading fake news about coronavirus on social media. State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh recently instructed the…
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Delhi
Fake news factory: Kishwar does it again, now on Delhi riots
New Delhi: Madhu Purnima Kishwar, who has been called out several times in the past for circulating fake news, shared yet another fake video on her twitter handle showing men…
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Health
Fake news can make disease outbreaks worse, research shows
Washington: It has come to notice that the spread of misinformation, harmful advice, fake news about diseases could be making its outbreaks worse, according to new research from the University…
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India
Criminal complaint in Delhi court against Sisodia over fake news
New Delhi: A criminal complaint was on Thursday filed in a Delhi court against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for allegedly spreading fake news that Delhi Police personnel were setting…
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Hollywood
Horror writer Stephen King quits Facebook over fake news
SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen King, who has written more than 50 books and is known for his works in the horror and fantasy genres, has quits Facebook, saying there is too…
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Crime and Accident
Ghaziabad: Two shared fake video on WhatsApp, booked
GHAZIABAD: Police in Ghaziabad detains two men for allegedly sharing a fake video clip on WhatsApp, which was also tweeted and then deleted by the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. The duo…
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News
Another demonetization: Small firms avoiding Rs 2000 notes
BENGALURU: Rumors and misinformation of demonetization of Rs. 2000 notes is doing rounds on social media. There have been reports that many small firms and organizations advising their cashiers to…
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Technology
Why fake news spreads like wildfire on social media
LONDON: Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found that people who repeatedly encounter a fake news item may feel less unethical about sharing it on social media, even when they…
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Technology
‘Fake news’ not easy to spot on Facebook: Study
NEW YORK: You can’t trust yourself to discern what’s true and what’s not when you’re on Facebook as researchers have found that ‘Fake news’ is not easy to spot on…
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India
One booked for spreading fake news of Azam Khan’s arrest
Rampur: An FIR has been registered against a man for allegedly spreading fake news of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s arrest from Jauhar University here. The FIR was registered on…
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