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Fake-news matter will be heard by new bench, says Delhi HC after adjournin
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on a petition seeking to frame the necessary guidelines and to constitute a committee for handling fake-news on various social handles and said that the matter will be heard by a new bench.
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8 Twitter handles booked for spreading false information on Unnao girls' d
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 23 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday filed an FIR against eight Twitter handles for spreading false and inflammatory information in connection to the case where three girls were found unconscious in an agricultural field in Unnao's Asoha, out of wh
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Toolkit used by Greta Thunberg intended to target India, its interests: Fa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): The toolkit used by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg regarding the farmers' protest was part of an elaborate design that was under play since 2007 and involved several shady companies in the US, fake foreign experts and even ghost entities to target
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SC issues notice to Centre, Twitter over plea seeking check on content, ad
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and microblogging platform Twitter and others on a plea seeking a mechanism to check content and advertisements spreading hatred through fake news and instigative messages through bogus accounts.
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Action will be taken if social media used to spread fake news, violence: L
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the government respects social media for empowering common people but action will be taken if it is misused to spread fake news and violence.
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