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AA Edit | PIB job: Can govt be own judge, jury, executioner?

The move gives unacceptable power to the government over tech companies and social media platforms and apps

23 Jan 2023 12:46 AM

AA Edit | Widen ambit of fake news fight

The forces which abuse democratic freedoms to undermine the very idea of democracy are dominant in our country, too

20 Aug 2022 12:15 AM

The latest offender, however, is a leading TV channel. Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan aired a misleading video of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: Facebook)

AA Edit | Stooping to fake news

The global right-wing is known to be their beneficiary as well as their source and promoter

07 Jul 2022 3:38 AM

Over the last week of October 2021, the UN-sponsored Global Media and Information Week in South Africa, with India’s participation, resolved to fight disinformation by improving people’s ability to counter it. (Photo: UNICEF)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Can media literacy efforts ensure info transparency?

In India and many other countries where media literacy is still in its infancy, the discourse is still largely basic

03 Dec 2021 11:14 PM

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana was hearing a batch of petitions including the one filed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind. (PTI)

SC expresses concern over fake, communal news on social media, some channels

Everything shown in a section of private news channels bear a communal tone. Ultimately, this country is going to get a bad name

03 Sep 2021 7:19 AM

Taking to Twitter, the world health body said the video claiming that the WHO has warned of 50,000 deaths in India is "fake news". (AFP)

Fake News: WHO denies issuing warning of 50,000 COVID-19 deaths in India by April 15

India has so far reported over 1,26,86,049 COVID-19 cases. The death toll in the country has gone up to 1,65,547

06 Apr 2021 1:35 PM

If the government’s intent is to provide more rights to its people, it must help soothe the nerves of people who are now confused about what to say on the social media. (Representational image:Pixabay - PixelKult)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | New online, digital code fails to empower users

Fake news is a significant reason that media literacy has emerged strongly in the education curricula around the world

02 Mar 2021 10:20 AM

Indian Army soldiers stand guard near Nastachun pass, also known as Sadhana pass, about 8 Km from the Line of Control (LOC) in the district of Kupwara. (AFP)

AA Edit | Hate squad’s dangerous agenda

So frightening has the monster of social media grown that it is causing concern about the cohesiveness of our Armed Forces

16 Oct 2020 11:05 AM

Fake news more dangerous than paid news; media must follow self-regulation: Javadekar

Several countries all over the world have been affected by the fake news menace

27 Aug 2020 1:44 PM

Jack Ma , Alibaba Chairman summoned by Indian court on former employee's complaint. (AFP Photo)

Court summons Alibaba, its founder Jack Ma on complaint of spreading fake news

The judge has also sought written responses from the company and its executives within 30 days, according to the summons

26 Jul 2020 2:31 PM

A member of the Australian Defence Force carries a batch of swab samples taken from members of the public at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner on July 2, 2020. (AFP)

Thanks to conspiracy theories, Australians are refusing to test for COVID-19

Health officials in southern state of Victoria pled with the public to get themselves tested and to ignore disinformation spreading online

03 Jul 2020 12:40 PM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against Trump posts suggesting that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud, saying that people deserved to hear unfiltered statements from political leaders. Twitter, by contrast, slapped a “get the facts” label on them. (Photo | BookCatalog)

Facebook bends to pressure, says will flag even Trump's post, if it violates rules

Unilever became the latest and one of the biggest advertisers to join several other brands that have stopped placing ads on Facebook.

27 Jun 2020 4:36 PM

What are you doing about fake news, EU asks Google, Facebook, wants monthly reports

Open up and offer more evidence that measures taken are working well, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova says.

10 Jun 2020 7:39 PM

Amitabh Bachchan, Anand Mahindra face flak over fake news

Anxious billionaires tweet psuedo-science miracles to whole wide world

28 Apr 2020 2:06 AM

People living in the streets sit in line to receive food served by the Delhi government at a temporary shelter in the Nizamuddin area. The nationwide lockdown has thrown thousands of workers out of jobs and left them without access to food. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

AA Edit: Media freedom is vital as India battles Covid-19

For a government that hardly ever acts against the WhatsApp rumour mill, it's a bit disingenuous to point a fake news finger at the media

02 Apr 2020 11:22 AM

Brussels’ warning comes less than a month after US officials said thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts had embarked on a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the virus.

Fake news about coronavirus being spread by Russia to worsen crisis in US, Europe, says EU

An internal EU document warned that pro-Kremlin media outlets were promoting disinformation to undermine trust in healthcare systems

18 Mar 2020 10:09 PM

Individual users on social media, rather than rogue state players, are the ones driving the spread of misinformation. (Photo | howtostartablogonline.net)

Beware of fake news, you can't self-test for coronavirus

Social media is filling up with fake news on COVID-19 despite steps taken by Facebook, Google, and Twitter to curb misleading information

13 Mar 2020 7:20 PM

Rumours about the coronavirus have also spread widely on Chinese social networks. (Photo: ANI)

As coronavirus misinformation spreads on social media, Facebook removes posts

The coronavirus outbreak has stoked a wave of anti-China sentiment around the globe.

03 Feb 2020 9:12 AM

India’s IT ministry is now considering a two-tier systems - with stricter rules similar to the original proposals applying only to social media companies (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

India to tweak proposed content regulations to ease burden on some - sources

The rules are part of India’s broader efforts to tackle disinformation and “fake news”.

09 Jan 2020 1:36 PM

Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Zha Liyou said at a media reception on Wednesday, 'I have noticed that Indian media is used to forwarding news from media of western countries which is fake and meant to discredit China, esp news on Hong Kong and Xinjiang recently with few objective and positive voices. I think this is unfair not only for China, but also for Indian readers, because it is crucial for hundreds of millions of Indian people to learn about their great neighboring country in a comprehensive and balanced way.' (Photo: File | AP)

Chinese diplomat blames the West of spreading fake news

China faced criticism for it's role against Hong Kong protests and ethnic groups in Xinjiang region.

20 Dec 2019 9:06 PM

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