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Disinformation campaign against Mohammad Shami orchestrated post-India's d
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Following India's defeat against Pakistan in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Sunday, an orchestrated disinformation campaign against Mohammad Shami was launched.
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Pakistan: Journalists criticise worsening state of freedom of information
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Several journalists in Pakistan raised concerns about declining freedom of information in the country on Thursday during a webinar titled "fighting disinformation and supporting independent media in Pakistan," organised by the Global Neighbourhood for
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US Congressman urges Facebook, Amazon to detail measures against vaccine d
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 9 (ANI/Sputnik): US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Thursday sent letters to the heads of Facebook and Amazon asking them to provide detailed explanation of what they do to mitigate the spread of disinformation about coronavirus vaccines.
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Rural India is empowering COVID vaccination drive: PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised the people of Himachal for not allowing any rumour or disinformation to hamper the COVID vaccination drive in the state and said that country's rural society is empowering the vaccination drive.
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'Misinformation prolongs pandemic', says US Surgeon General
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 15 (ANI): US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has warned that health misinformation, including disinformation, continues to prevent Americans from getting vaccinated, prolonging the ongoing COVID pandemic and putting lives at risk.
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US seizes dozens of website domains connected to Iran
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what the US says are disinformation efforts, according to a national security official.
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Iran alleges 'misinformation campaign' against president-elect Ebrahim Rai
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Iran has alleged that "a few hostile forces" are waging a disinformation campaign against its President-elect Dr Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, aiming to "manipulate public opinion" against him.
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French YouTuber 'offered cash to spread COVID-19 vaccine disinformation'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 26 (ANI): A YouTube blogger, Leo Grasset from France, has claimed that a UK-based PR company offered him money to spread COVID-19 vaccine disinformation to his 1.17 million subscribers.
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Taiwan probe reports of Chinese disinformation campaigns amid COVID-19 sur
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 20 (ANI): The Taiwanese government is probing into reports of Chinese disinformation campaigns in an "effort to deepen internal conflicts in Taiwan" during the current COVID-19 outbreak.
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China exploited pandemic to promote global image, peddled disinformation
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 13 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic has become an opportunity for Communist China to promote its image in world media coverage, reveals a recently released research study.
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US-China information war likely to intensify over Indo-Pacific
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): With the US military's decision to set up a task force aimed at curbing China's influence and information operations, military and security analysts say that an information war over the Indo-Pacific region is expected to intensify
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US slams Chinese media for claiming consulate staff in Hong Kong used dipl
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday slammed Chinese and pro-Beijing media outlets, accusing them of leading a 'disinformation campaign' after they accused COVID-infected US consulate staff in Hong Kong of claiming diplomatic immunity to avoid quarantine.
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