Fake news

Gujarat govt toughens stance on mob lynching, fake news; now comes under IPC Section 153(A)

CM Vijay Rupani-led government also clarified that it was acting on the Supreme Court's directive issued on July 17 in which the top court had stated that nobody can take law in their own hands.

Sep 16, 2018

Fake news of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes being sold on amazon going viral

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes being sold on Amazon? Here's the truth

A fake picture suggesting that Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes being available for sale on Amazon has been doing rounds on Whatsapp and social media.

Sep 1, 2018

WhatsApp rejects India's request to build a software to track messages; cites user privacy

The Indian government wants the messaging app to develop a software that can trace the origin of a message.

Aug 24, 2018

Schools in Kerala's Kannur are teaching children to spot fake news

Officials in Kannur are organising special 'Fake News Classes' for school children so that students can learn how to spot a hoax message.

Aug 24, 2018

Cristiano Ronaldo donating Rs 77 crore for Kerala flood relief a hoax?

Reports claim that Ronaldo's social media accounts have no mention of any donation or message regarding the floods.

Aug 22, 2018

Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana Khan trolled as her fake quote on Vogue photoshoot goes viral

Screenshots of the fake quote of Suhana Khan are being shared on social media, without mentioning it to be a piece of fiction. The fake quote stated about Shah Rukh Khan's daughter narrating how she had to go for the Vogue photoshoot in an Audi car as her Jaguar broke down.

Aug 16, 2018

BJP president Amit Shah addresses at "Prabudhajan Sammelan" in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on June 30, 2016.

Amit Shah added to Delhi BJP's 1,800 WhatsApp groups to combat fake news

As the BJP gears up for the 2019 general election, the Delhi unit has created 1,800 WhatsApp groups which Amit Shah has joined in a bid to combat the spread of fake news within the party.

Jul 22, 2018

Facebook targets fake news; says it will take down content that promotes violence

After coming under fire from several South Asian countries, the social media giant is considering removing any post that instigates violence in a tie-up with third parties.

Jul 19, 2018

Twitter suspends over 70 million accounts in two months to fight fake news

Twitter Inc suspended more than one million accounts a day in recent months to reduce the flow of misinformation on the platform, the Washington Post reported.

Jul 7, 2018

Google to train 8,000 journalists to sniff out fake news

The focus of the training will be fact-checking, online verification and digital hygiene for journalists.

Jun 20, 2018

Firefox browser maker Mozilla to combat fake news

West Bengal govt planning strict rules to rein in rise of fake news

The state and city police are constantly keeping a tight watch on fake news posted across different social media platforms. The social media teams of West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police are also tracking all illegitimate or provocative posts on social media.

Jun 15, 2018

Assam: 23 held for lynching, 26 for misuse of social media

About 23 people have been held for the lynching of two youths in Kabri Anglong last week. Government plans to introduce a new programme to combat social media rumours.

Jun 12, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at F8 conference

Facebook teams up with ABC, Fox News, CNN: Social networking with a dose of news

New partnership will allow news leading news outlets like ABC, Fox News and CNN and to create monetised news shows for the social networking site under the 'Facebook Journalism Project.'

Jun 8, 2018

Uganda imposes tax on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter users to tackle 'gossip'

The tax would be levied daily on each SIM card used to access any of the flagged social media platforms by mobile phone operators in Uganda.

Jun 2, 2018

Eddie Murphy death hoax: 'Actor dead after car crash' is fake news

The fake report claimed that comedian Eddie Murphy and his friend died in an accident in California after his Porsche crashed. The report had gone viral last year as well.

May 19, 2018

Karnataka elections 2018: Which party benefits most from fake news campaigns?

Karnataka assembly elections 2018 has witnessed an outburst of fake news that may influence voters and therefore distort results.

May 9, 2018

Fake news is par for course in Karnataka elections, but expect more

Earlier, fake news had to be planted and propagated through conventional media outlets while rumours had to travel through word of mouth. Both were abundantly in use but were laborious in execution.

May 4, 2018

WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons seen on iPhone

Mating news from China shows where fake news is headed

If you love Modi, you intuitively gravitate to believing everything pro-Modi and anti-Opposition. If you hate Modi, you tend to hit the share button on a fake news headline that passes for a Freudian slip-up.

Apr 27, 2018

'AI journalist' removes bias in news to deliver facts without political baggage

An AI program has been created to specifically remove political bias and spin from viral stories by reading both sides and finding a middle ground.

Apr 9, 2018

Fake news comes back to haunt Swara Bhasker, actress issues clarification

A parody Twitter account of Republic TV had twisted Swara Bhasker's 'reduced to vagina' quote and reconstructed it to make it look satirical.

Apr 4, 2018

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