fake news
- Technology
9 YouTube Fake News Channels busted by PIB fact check unit
New Delhi: The Press Information Bureau’s fact check unit has busted nine YouTube channels allegedly spreading fake news and misinformation in India, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on Friday. These…
- Opinions
Regulate media consumption when propaganda becomes profitable
By Sarfaraz Nasir Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, once famously defined democracy as ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’. He said this a couple…
- Business
IT Ministry asks YouTube to label fake news channels with ‘unverified’ disclaimer
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked Google-owned YouTube to initiate necessary legal measures against “fake news channels” and advised the platform to incorporate a disclaimer to…
- India
Journalists’ body calls for law to protect scribes, tackle fake news
New Delhi: Journalists and experts from different fields deliberating on challenges confronting the media “on a daily basis” have called for a central law to protect “truth-seeking journalists” and censure those peddling…
- India
Army soldier from Kerala fakes assault by PFI for ‘fame’, arrested
An Indian Army soldier and his friend were arrested on Tuesday, September 26, after the former lodged a fake assault complaint against a group of people who wrote ‘PFI’ on his back…
- Delhi
Chehlum procession not communal protest: Delhi Police debunks false news
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday cautioned against rumours being spread on social media by “wrongly projecting” Chehlum procession as a communal protest ahead of the G20 Summit. The Shia Muslim community…
- India
Bovine killing: J&K police warns rumour mongers against spreading fake info
Jammu: Police on Tuesday warned rumour-mongers of legal action against spreading misleading information on social media about the alleged killing of a bovine animal in the communally sensitive Kishtwar district of Jammu…
