Twitter has shut down thousands of accounts across the world for spreading fake news and pro-government propaganda including in places like the United Arab Emirates, China and Spain.
Fake News is being spread using a doctored IndiaTV Viral Alert video. Do not pay attention to the lie being spread by the edited video.
Kathua District Magistrate Raghav Langer said the order was issued after receiving numerous complaints from the district police regarding the circulation of irresponsible and provocative messages by unscrupulous and anti-social elements on the social media.
In a report on Thursday, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) reported what Uzair Rizvi, a fact-checker for news agency AFP in India, saw. What amazed Rizvi the most was how fast false videos about the Kashmir situation started to pop up on social media, Cristina Tardáguila, Associate Director of the IFCN wrote at poynter.org.
WhatsApp Fake news suggests that WhatsApp will be banned and would shut down 11:30 pm to 6 am daily, directed by the central government, which is nothing but fake news.
Dilip Sharma, who runs an online news portal, was arrested based on a complaint lodged by Executive Engineer (EE) of electricity department, Mahasamund, S K Sahu, a police officer said.
YouTube Thursday tightened its policies to combat hateful and supremacist content, as it resolved to protect the platform from being used to incite hatred, harassment, discrimination and violence.
The BBC report claimed that scores of innocent people were killed in aerial strikes and ground operations of the Pakistani military during its operations against the militants in the northwest tribal district of North Waziristan.
The flow of fake news after the election results suggests that the tide of misinformation on social media is unlikely to stop any time soon.
According to UK-based Indian researcher Sayan Banerjee, fake news does not change people's political opinions, but rather reinforces the existing beliefs and brings out the worst impulses within us.
Political experts across the globe have been red-flagging Indian Elections for a possible large scale meddling by vested groups via fake news and propaganda. Is it possible that these two letters were part of the fake news propaganda, experts warned us about?
The survey by online startup Social Media Matters and New Delhi-based Institute for Governance, Policies and Politics found that over 53 per cent of Indians received fake news related to the upcoming elections over various social media platforms.
In order to keep a check on Fake news, users can send their inputs to WhatsApp's Checkpoint Tipline on +91-9643-000-888.
WhatsApp launched a service in India where users will be able to tip off fake news related to elections. People will be able to submit it to 'Checkpoint Tipline on WhatsApp' at +91-9643-000-888.
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WhatsApp Tuesday unveiled its 'Checkpoint Tipline', where people can check the authenticity of information received as the messaging giant looks to crack down on fake news ahead of the general election in the country.
Facebook set to hire a new generation of digital-era journalists and news publishers to better tackle fake news and help improve the quality of content on its platform.
WhatsApp has been under the scanner following cases of mob violence sparked by fake news and misinformation spread through the mobile messaging platform
Known for his messages of peace, the Tibetan leader today appealed the world to abandon the practice of mocking others and spreading falsehood.
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