Fake news

Fact Check: Did India have a dramatic fall in the global hunger index 2019?

The score raised great concern for many, especially Indians, who questioned how India could fall down so low when the country was ranked 55 out of 76 nations in 2014, 100 out of 119 nations in 2017, 103 out of 119 countries in 2018 and 102 out of 117 countries in 2019.

Oct 19, 2019

Fact check: Did Xi Jinping sport Indian attire while meeting Pakistan PM Imran Khan?

The picture was shared during the backdrop of his visit to India for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai. During the meeting between Xi and PM Modi, Modi sported a similar look.

Oct 16, 2019

Fact Check: Protest video from Indonesia shared as Kashmir by fake FB page

The page transparency for the BBC News Kashmir page was found and revealed details that the Facebook page impersonating BBC News was set up on August 6, 2019, which was run by admins based in Bangladesh.

Oct 14, 2019

Fact check: Mock drill or Indian forces capture terrorists? Find out

The video that has 3,17,001 views was posted by user Raju Kumar on October 4 has around 4,200 shares on Facebook.

Oct 11, 2019

Pakistan minister puts her foot in mouth tweeting fake video on Kashmir 'atrocity'

It has been revealed that the video clip was from a High Court-ordered drive to clear encroachment in Shimla in 2018.

Sep 16, 2019

FAKE NEWS - Belagavi teenager had committed suicide; was not murdered for protecting cows

The post-mortem conducted on Shivakumar Uppar, who had died on Saturday, revealed that the 19-year-old had actually committed suicide and was not murdered.

May 28, 2019

Seven years jail, fine for Twitter executives who fail to comply with IT Act?

Twitter has been asked to delete/ block any content, account that is detrimental to the country's integrity and sovereignty.

Mar 13, 2019

Fake news of Shah Rukh Khan donating Rs 45 crore to Pakistan's gas tragedy victims brings chaos

For the uninitiated, the short clip was precisely trimmed from India TV news bulletin video to make it look like as if Shah Rukh Khan had donated Rs 45 crore Pakistan's gad tragedy victims in order to spread hatred against the superstar.

Feb 20, 2019

Time travel or hoax? Noah now shows microscopic nanobots in bizarre video

The self-proclaimed time traveler revealed that the liquid showed in the video are actually millions of nanobots combined together

Feb 1, 2019

Did Nostradamus predict World War 3, Narendra Modi's return in 2019?

As per a section of researchers, Nostradamus had predicted World War 3 and the Lok Sabha election win of Narendra Modi

Dec 15, 2018

Google CEO Sundar Pichai explains why searching 'idiot' turns up Donald Trump's images

Pichai was in Washington, DC. on Tuesday to defend his company against allegations of political bias and manipulating content at House Judiciary Committee. Republicans felt that search results were manipulated for political gain.

Dec 12, 2018

Facebook begins verifying political ads in India ahead of 2019 general elections

Facebook has announced fresh steps to increase ad transparency and defend against foreign interference ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in India.

Dec 7, 2018

Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja's brother arrested for faking terrorism 'hit list'

Usman Khawaja's brother, Arsalan Khawaja, was arrested for framing another man as a terror suspect and it is believed Arsalan was motivated by personal vendetta over a woman.

Dec 4, 2018

Mind your 'Twitter' language as stereotypes reveal your identity: Study

Whether nice language or rude, your Twitter words give out your nationality, personality traits and even filter whether your messages are trustworthy or not.

Nov 26, 2018

Bengaluru City Police collaborates with IBTimes to train officers fight fake news

The session on fake news verification & fact-checking was conducted by the Editorial Director of International Business Times Danish Manzoor in collaboration with Bengaluru city police.

Nov 3, 2018

Real or Fake? Man claims to have heard the voice of God in near-death experience

Even though spiritualists consider visual hallucinations during NDE a strong proof of an afterlife, medical experts state that it is the survival technique of brain

Oct 25, 2018

Facebook on expansion spree, to open office in Bengaluru

Facebook's expansion underlines the growing importance of India, which has nearly 250 million users, one of the largest in the world.

Oct 22, 2018

UFO spotted in broad daylight in Mexico; Could it be a flying plastic bag?

Conspiracy theorists believe that the UFO appeared in the skies of Mexico is an irrefutable evidence of alien life

Oct 20, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence can spot fake, biased news article right from its source

A new program developed by researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) in collaboration with the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) aims to not only look at individual news stories but also their sources.

Oct 4, 2018

Facebook appoints Adam Mosseri as Instagram head

Mosseri replaces Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger who abruptly announced their departure in September.

Oct 2, 2018

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