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Press Information Bureau to mark any news item as fake news . (Photo: Pixabay)

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

23 Jan 2023 12:46 AM IST

Last month, a Twitter account posing as Elon Musk targeted fans of the Silicon Valley billionaire, claiming to give away cryptocurrency.

Fake news travels faster than truth: Study

The MIT study took the 126,285 stories and checked them against six independent fact-checking sites.

10 March 2018 9:10 AM IST

It also takes true stories about six times as long to reach 1,500 people as it does for false stories to reach the same number of people (Photo: Pixabay)

Research suggests fake news travels faster than truth on the internet

Falsehoods were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than the truth.

9 March 2018 7:24 PM IST

Last month, a Twitter account posing as Elon Musk targeted fans of the Silicon Valley billionaire, claiming to give away cryptocurrency.

False news 70 percent more likely to spread on Twitter: Study

While the study focused on Twitter, the researchers said their findings likely also would apply to Facebook.

9 March 2018 8:00 AM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Govt mulls law to force firms trace fake news

The ministry is seeking feedback from the public on the draft amendments by January 15 before taking a final decision.

25 Dec 2018 1:18 AM IST

Youngsters are using WhatsApp to consume news. (Photo: Pixabay)

Government meets with WhatsApp over tracing of fake news: source

WhatsApp has been working to curb the circulation of what technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad termed sinister ...

7 Dec 2018 6:29 PM IST

The internet companies will have to submit their reports from January until May. (Photo: AP)

EU steps up fight against fake news' ahead of elections

Officials from the EU's executive Commission unveiled the measures Wednesday as part of an action plan to counter...

6 Dec 2018 12:02 PM IST

This file photo shows the Twitter icon on a mobile phone, in Philadelphia. (Photo: AP)

Active Twitter users most likely to spread 'fake news': study

The study does not consider Twitter users who may have seen the original tweets with false news and ignored them.

13 May 2018 9:04 PM IST

That decision helped land her in jail on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old boy. (Representational Image)

Malaysia proposes 10 years in jail, fine for fake news' as elections...

Malaysia is ranked 144th out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index.

26 March 2018 2:57 PM IST

Hours later, Kelly was joined by President Trump himself on Twitter to refute such an impression of the White House. (Photo: AP)

Report says WH chief of staff called Trump an 'idiot'; Kelly denies

'I spend more time with the President than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship,' Kelly...

1 May 2018 11:27 AM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Warning: Powered by AI, fake news will just get worse

This warning comes from an AI consultant that works for the CIA.

28 March 2018 12:03 PM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

West Bengal govt plans new law to tackle fake news on social media

State govt has been preparing data bank on fake news circulated on social media in WB, other parts of India while...

15 Jun 2018 1:12 PM IST