Misleading Information
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FACT CHECK: Misleading video circulates showing mass cheating in Uttar Pradesh, not UPSC | Check her
Fact Check | Mar 19, 2024, 11:30 PM ISTA video circulating on social media purportedly showing mass cheating during a UPSC examination in Uttar Pradesh has been debunked by India TV's Fact Check team. The video actually captures an incident of cheating at City Law College in Barabanki during a law examination in February.
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FACT CHECK: Morphed image misleads as recent crowd at Patna's Jan Vishwas rally
Fact Check | Mar 04, 2024, 11:49 PM ISTA seven-year-old doctored image falsely portraying a massive crowd at a political rally resurfaced on social media, erroneously linked to Patna's Gandhi Maidan during the recent Jan Vishwas Maharally hosted by the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD).
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FACT CHECK: PM Modi's hand wave clarified - not to fish, but to waiting boatmen | Here's the truth
Fact Check | Feb 28, 2024, 02:57 PM ISTThe video circulating on social media allegedly showing PM Narendra Modi waving at the sea during the Sudarshan Setu bridge inauguration has sparked misleading claims. Fact-checking reveals that PM Modi was actually waving at people on boats near the bridge, not at the sea itself.
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FACT CHECK: Misleading claims circulating about CA Bhavani Devi's Paris Olympics qualification
Fact Check | Feb 07, 2024, 03:06 PM ISTSocial media posts falsely claim Indian fencer CA Bhavani Devi has qualified for the Paris Olympics, but India TV's Fact Check team found no official confirmation. The Paris Olympics, set for July 16 to August 11, 2024, are anticipated to be a global spectacle.
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FACT CHECK: Misleading video falsely identifies specially-abled man as TikTok founder
Fact Check | Feb 01, 2024, 11:52 PM ISTThe India TV Fact Check team conducted thorough research, including keyword searches and reverse image searches, confirming that Zhang Yiming, the primary founder of ByteDance (the parent company of TikTok), does not resemble the person in the video.
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Seven types of fake news identified to help detect misinformation
World | Nov 18, 2019, 01:56 PM ISTThe researchers from Pennsylvania State University in the US narrowed down myriad examples of fake news to seven basic categories, including false news, polarised content, satire, misreporting, commentary, persuasive information, and citizen journalism
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EU accuses Facebook of misleading it on WhatsApp takeover probe
Dec 21, 2016, 09:15 PM ISTThe European Union on Tuesday accused Facebook Inc. for providing “incorrect and misleading information” to the investigators over its 2014 takeover of WhatsApp. "The European Commission has sent a statement of objections to Facebook
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Pathribal encounter case: CIC raps Army for giving ‘misleading’ info
India | Nov 19, 2016, 09:52 PM ISTThe Central Information Commission (CIC) on Saturday rapped army for providing a "misleading" reply to an RTI applicant in an attempt to withhold disclosure of records in the infamous Pathribal fake encounter in Jammu and
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Don't pay heed to slander: Mamata
National | Jan 11, 2013, 10:47 AM ISTKolkata, Jan 11: With her government drawing flak from the governor, media and a section of the civil society over law and order issues, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday asked the people not