According to official data provided by Maharashtra Cyber, in these offences registered, 384 accused have been arrested till now. Out of the total arrested accused, preventive action as per the Code of Criminal Procedure is carried out on 145 accused.
This is the first time action has been taken against the Indian YouTube based news publishers since the notification of the IT Rules, 2021 in February last year.
The state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said it cut access to Twitter and Facebook in line with a decision by the prosecutor general’s office. The watchdog has previously accused Twitter of failing to delete the content banned by Russian authorities and slowed down access to it.
Replying to supplementary questions in the Upper House, Minister for State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan said the government is very much concerned about the freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
On Chocolate Day, the force tweeted a photo of a chocolate bar with the line "CHOKE THE FAKE NEWS, DON'T BE LATE".
The home ministry said that in Maharashtra, there have been reports of violence and unsavoury statements that are aimed at disturbing peace and harmony based on fake news regarding Tripura.
Social media only listens to “the powerful voices” and several things are written against judges, institutions without any accountability, said the bench which also comprised justices Surya Kant and A S Bopanna.
Social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19, said Joe Biden.
Indian Army said that there has been no attempt by the Indian or the Chinese side to occupy the areas in eastern Ladakh from where they disengaged in February and both sides are engaged in talks to resolve the remaining issues in the region.
The state govt clarified that all the rumours in this regard are baseless and no such proposal has been prepared yet.
Of late, several WhatsApp forwards and social media posts claimed that Black Fungus can spread through farm chickens. Here's the truth!
Vikram Bhatt says we should all be wary of "Whatsapp groups and millions of forwards which talk about remedies and preventive measures" related to Covid purely on the basis on hearsay.
Advocate Ashwini Dubey, appearing for Goenka, said directions are needed for establishing a mechanism to regulate hateful content on the social networking site.
“I have a message for all of you — come, work in India, earn money but you will have to follow India’s laws,” Ravi Shankar Prasad says in Rajya Sabha
This came after some of the protesting farmers did not follow the prearranged route on Republic Day for their tractor rally and broke barricades to enter Delhi.
As India gets closer to mass vaccination nation-wide rollout, it must brace up to tackle vaccine misinformation on a war footing.
The report came hours before the social networking giant banned a fast-growing group called "Stop the Steal'
Donald Trump paid just USD 750 in federal income taxes in the year he was elected US president and also in his first year in the White House, according to a media report, which also said that he or his companies paid USD 145,400 taxes in India in 2017.
Technology has opened up absolutely amazing possibilities of communication and personal engagement, with one of its arm being the social media that brought a 360 degree change in the society — good or bad is debatable.
BJP and RSS control Facebook and WhatsApp in India says Rahul Gandhi, attacking the Centre that it spreads fake news and hatred using its influence.
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