Fake News
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Twitter vs fake news: Twitter will label false tweets from March 5
Technology | February 05, 2020 11:01 ISTTwitter fights fake news and will start labelling false tweets, much like WhatsApp
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FAKE VIDEO: No, BJP is not bribing the voters of Delhi with Rs 700
India | January 27, 2020 23:10 ISTThe fake video had been shared on the Facebook group of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, which has 73,000 members
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Fake news has emerged as new menace: President Kovind
India | January 20, 2020 19:17 ISTAsserting that the din of the "breaking news syndrome" has consumed the media, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said fake news has emerged as a new menace whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint the noble profession.
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Facebook ads spreading incorrect information on anti-HIV drugs
Technology | December 16, 2019 18:15 ISTFacebook ads are spreading false information on anti-HIV drugs. Read on to learn more.
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CAA violence: Beware of fake news on social media, MHA advises states to take action
India | December 16, 2019 17:33 ISTThe Union Home Ministry on Monday asked states and Union Territories (UTs) to take all possible steps to check violence and ensure safety of life and properties.
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What is the new Data Protection Bill? Here's all you need to know
Technology | October 23, 2020 16:18 ISTFake news has been spreading a lot over the internet lately. Not anymore with the new Personal Data Protection Bill in India. Here's what it means
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Seven types of fake news identified to help detect misinformation
World | November 18, 2019 13:56 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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Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi expresses concern over fake news
India | November 16, 2019 21:41 ISTBihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday expressed concern over the credibility of news as "fake news" is occupying its space in the age of social media.
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Sri Lankan Presidential Polls: EU observers to monitor online fake news
World | November 14, 2019 16:16 ISTThe European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) will monitor Saturday's presidential elections Sri Lanka and also analyze social media usage and fake news, authorities said on Thursday.
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'Fake news' not easy to spot on Facebook: Study
Technology | November 06, 2019 17:11 ISTFor the study of 'fake news' on Facebook, researchers worked with 80 social media-proficient undergraduate students who first answered 10 questions about their own political beliefs.
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Twitter plans policy updates to combat deepfake videos
Gadgets | October 22, 2019 16:20 ISTTwitter will also have a feedback period to refine the policy changes before goes live on the platform
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Twitter shuts 10,000 fake news accounts across world
World | September 20, 2019 19:02 ISTTwitter 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.
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Fake News is being spread using a doctored IndiaTV Viral Alert video
News | September 17, 2019 23:14 ISTFake News is being spread using a doctored IndiaTV Viral Alert video. Do not pay attention to the lie being spread by the edited video.
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Register social media groups with police: Kathua DM to admins
India | August 23, 2019 23:13 ISTKathua 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.
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Fake news spread like wildfire after Article 370 abrogation
India | August 23, 2019 16:46 ISTIn 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.
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WhatsApp Fake news! WhatsApp will not shut down and won't be chargeable in future
Technology | July 04, 2019 17:11 ISTWhatsApp 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.
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Now journalist held for 'false' news over electricity supply in Chhattisgarh
India | June 15, 2019 8:02 ISTDilip 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.
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YouTube tightens policy to remove hateful, supremacist content
India | June 06, 2019 17:04 ISTYouTube 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.
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Pakistan military lashes out at BBC for fake news
World | June 06, 2019 11:35 ISTThe 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.
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Fake news floods social media soon after PM Modi returns to power; most popular ones listed here
India | May 26, 2019 13:45 ISTThe flow of fake news after the election results suggests that the tide of misinformation on social media is unlikely to stop any time soon.
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