The action was taken by the Mumbai Police's cyber wing against the accused, Omar Sarvagnya, after the videos were found to be defamatory and damaging the image of the state government and the city police, he said.
To promote transparency in news publishing, Google recently introduced minimum requirements that apps must meet in order to be classified in the News category on Google Play.
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.
Facebook can better reduce the extent to which their users fall for and spread fake news articles by deploying a better designed fake news flag.
Facebook on Wednesday removed a post by US President Donald Trump for violating its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus. In the video post, that was from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier that day, Trump claimed that children are "almost immune" to COVID-19.
Study says platforms like Twitter and Facebook are increasingly becoming the primary sources of news and misinformation for Canadians and people around the world
After the death news of popular YouTuber, Shane Dawson or Shane Lee Yaw spread, several Twitter users paid their respect and hashtag #RIPShane started trending. It all happened when a reputed celebrity news website TMZ, allegedly tweeted about his passing away at the age of 32. But later it came to light that it was a parody account and not the official handle of the website.
A district court in Gurugram has summoned Chinese E-commerce giant Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to what he saw as censorship and fake news on company apps, reports news agency Reuters.
Political parties should be careful not to help foreign powers through their actions. And when it comes to national security, the responsibility grows tenfold. Watch our humourous take on it.
Google's video-sharing platform YouTube will cooperate with South Korea to closely monitor and prevent the spread of fake news and illegal content.
Fake notice of CBSE Board Exam Result Dates goes viral on Twitter. Students post hilarious memes and jokes on social media in no time. Notice was fake but the tension was real! Check funny tweets.
Google Pay is trending on Twitter suggesting that the popular app has been banned in India
Chinese soldiers are in retreat from the LAC at Galwan Valley in Ladakh. But at the same time, China's propaganda machinery is in full swing. Some images have been made viral and claims have been made that Chinese forces are still camping near the location of a scuffle between Indian and Chinese soldiers on June 15.
The news of Shivangi Joshi quitting Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai is fake and the actress will continue to play the lead role of Naira opposite Mohsin Khan who is seen as Kartik in the popular daily soap.
Right after brawl between Indian and Chinese armymen, fake news is being spread everywhere. Watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma to know what exactly is happening at the LAC.
The truth behind viral medical prescription on Covid treatment. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital official handle tweeted to dismiss the fake prescription on Covid treatment.
Twitter has been launching ways to curb the spread of fake news on its platform. Read on to know more
Tech majors such as Google and Facebook will be required to keep an eye on Coronavirus fake news and submit reports to EU
Maulana Mahmood Madani also spoke about the spread of fake news amid the crisis and said that one should be alert and stay away from such news and also, one shouldn't engage in spreading any kind of false coronavirus news, knowingly or unknowingly.
While speaking to ANI in Mumbai on June 03, the DCP of Mumbai, Pranaya Ashok spoke on measures being taken in view of impending cyclone Nisarga.
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