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Anurag Thakur warns of stern action against online channels spreading misi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Tuesday warned of stern action against online channels found spreading misinformation and fake news as India blocked YouTube channels, Twitter accounts and Facebook accounts indulging in such ac
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I&B Ministry blocks four Pakistan-based YouTube channels for spreading
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday blocked four Pakistan-based YouTube news channels that were used to post anti-India content and fake news on various subjects such as the Indian Armed Forces, Jammu and Kashmir among others.
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Russia dismisses reports about attack on Mariupol hospital as fake news
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy dismissed reports about an attack on a hospital in Mariupol as fake news.
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TikTok suspends livestreaming in Russia
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 7 (ANI): Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has suspended livestreaming and new content to video services in Russia following the introduction of new 'fake news' law in the country that threatened jail terms of up to 15 years.
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Pak Oppn leader Bilawal says Imran Khan biggest propagator of fake news
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday said that Pakistan's Prime Minister is the biggest propagator of fake news and he is taking away the freedom of expression of people under the guise of false news.
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Pak denies ISI chief meeting Afghan leaders in Turkey, dubs it as 'fake ne
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI): Pakistan's embassy based in Kabul on Tuesday denied that its spy agency ISI chief met with Afghan Jihadi leaders- Atta Muhammad Noor, Abdul Rashid Dostum, and Muhammad Muhaqiq- in Turkey and dubbed the news as "fake".
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Assembly polls: Goa Cong writes to Chief Electoral Officer against channel
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], February 13 (ANI): Goa Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday complained to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state against a news channel alleging that it is spreading "fake news" attempting to misguide voters ahead of Assembly elections and demanded an FIR against th
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Researchers identify new way to amplify trustworthy news on social media w
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tampa (Florida) [US], February 6 (ANI): It is a known fact that news, be it real or fake, spreads like wildfire on social media. Social media sites amplify misinformation and conspiracy theories. To address this concern, an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, physicists and social
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Chinese social media filled with uncontrolled fake news about Nepal
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 27 (ANI): A news article at weibo.com, China's own social media, has wrongly portrayed the five-year-long 'Sino-Gorkha war' about the trade dispute as an invasion of the Chinese Qing dynasty into the Kathmandu valley in 1792.
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Plea in SC seeks early hearing of Tablighi Jamaat fake news case
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, a Muslim body, on Monday filed a plea in the Supreme Court urging it to urgently hear its petition seeking action against media reports indulging in communal branding of COVID-19 pandemic in the light of 2020 Tablighi Jamaat congregat
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Pak media bodies slam minister Fawad Chaudhry for sharing 'fake news' on r
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 18 ( ANI): Media bodies based in slammed Pakistan Minister Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry for sharing 'fake news' on revenues.
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How fake news headlines trigger emotions, explores new research
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): How people's emotions are sparked by false political headlines, and how their reactions determine whether they share those stories with others, was explored during a new study.
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