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Twitter shares dip 20 pc after Musk puts $44 billion takeover 'on hold'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): Twitter shares tumbled around 20 per cent in the pre-market trading on Friday after billionaire Elon Musk declared that the $44 billion takeover bid of the micro-blogging site is on hold.
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Twitter deal on hold due to calculation of fake accounts: Elon Musk
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said that the deal to buy the social media platform Twitter is put on hold due to the calculation of fake accounts in it.
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Digital forensics report shows network of imposters in Pakistan pushing Pr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Reports by digital forensics and fact-checking center confirm that many imposters in Pakistan are using the digital platform to carry out Pro-China and Pro-Pakistan narratives through fake Twitter accounts.
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Delhi Police Cyber Cell arrests man for threatening people on social media
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Delhi Police cyber cell arrested a man allegedly for stalking and threatening people on social media by creating multiple fake accounts.
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Fake accounts created in Pakistan to defame India over Hijab row, says fac
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 15 (ANI): Pakistan is using the digital medium to fulfil their 'wicked agenda' and defame India on the ongoing Hijab row controversy, reported Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center (DFRAC).
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China targets Taiwan with new disinformation campaign
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 23 (ANI): China is conducting disinformation campaigns against Taiwan by infiltrating social media, internet forums and online chatrooms to subvert the public's trust in the government. It further said that it is trying to destabilize society and meddle in elections.
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Pak's anti-graft body claims to have concrete evidence of money laundering
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 22 (ANI): Pakistan's anti-graft body -- National Accountability Bureau --- has claimed that it has concrete evidence of money-laundering using fake accounts by big fish.
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Delhi:Gym trainer held for sending obscene messages, stalking over 100 wom
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly stalking more than 100 women on social media and sending obscene messages and video clips from fake accounts.
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Meghalaya's Raj Bhavan urges police to register case against fake Twitter
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], April 19 (ANI): The Raj Bhavan in Shillong has reached the Director General of Police (DGP) over the creation of eight fake Twitter accounts with the name of state Governor Satya Pal Malik.
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Pak Supreme Court slams accountability watchdog for random arrests, late f
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday slammed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), for "randomly" arresting people, and filing a reference against them after a year-and-a-half.
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Facebook removed 1.3 billion fake accounts in October-December 2020
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Facebook has removed more than 1.3 billion fake accounts from its platform between October and December of 2020 in an effort to tackle misinformation, company's Vice-President of Integrity Guy Rosen said in a statement on Monday.
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Probe underway against social media users for targeting Mumbai Police
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 6 (ANI): Mumbai Police is investigating two separate FIRs filed under the Information Technology (IT) Act against several social media users for targeting the police force, including the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, and for using the morph
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