Fake News

Huge chaos can be triggered across the country with a small piece of fake news, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he addressed a “Chintan Shivir” of state home ministers. “We have to keep educating people. Any information they…
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The Centre on Sunday banned 35 WhatsApp groups for spreading fake news on Agnipath scheme and Agniveers, the ministry of home affairs said. At least ten people have been arrested on charges of rumour-mongering and organising protests. The…
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Amid Ukraine war, protests and the coverage, Russia on Friday took an unprecedented step to punish “fake news” against its army. President Vladimir Putin cleared a law of up to 15 years of jail term as punishment. A pushback soon followed…
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In a meeting with Google, Twitter and Facebook, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) officials slammed the tech giants for not proactively removing what they described as fake news on their platforms and asked them to take…
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