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Facebook, Twitter remove fake sites, accounts ahead of B'desh elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 22 (ANI): Social networking giants Facebook and Twitter have removed dozens of fake news sites and accounts pertaining to information praising the government and criticising the opposition parties ahead of the Bangladesh general elections.
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Fake news: Trump on secret North Korea bases
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 14 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump labelled reports about North Korea's undeclared operating missile bases as "fake news" on Tuesday.
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PM Modi meets Twitter CEO
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Twitter co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey here. The two held discussions about steps, which can be taken by the micro-blogging platform in order to ramp up their engagements with the government in o
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Researchers build AI that scans source for fake news
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Massachusetts [United States], October 4 (ANI): In a bid to combat fake news, researchers at the MIT's CSAIL and Qatar's Computing Research Institute have built an artificially intelligent system that is capable of scanning not the news per say, but its source to identify for falsehood.
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PM urges party workers to check spread of fake news on social media
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers to put a check on the spread of fake news on social media platforms.
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Facebook rates its users to combat fake news
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 21 (ANI): In an attempt to fight the issue of fake news, Facebook is now rating its users on the basis of their trustworthiness.
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Latest fake news detector algorithm better than human
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 21 (ANI): Fake news is a type of yellow journalism that has become a major concern today. So much so that it was even termed 'word of the year' in 2017.
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RS Prasad suggests WhatsApp CEO measures to contain fake news
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Union Information Technology and Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday held a "productive meeting" with WhatsApp CEO, Chris Daniels and suggested few measures to check circulation of fake news through the messaging app.
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Newseum apologises for selling 'Fake News' t-shirts
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, DC [United States], August 5 (ANI): The Newseum, an unusual museum which aims to increase the visitors' understanding of the significance of a free press and United States First Amendment, has removed the shirts with 'Fake News' phrase on it from its gift shop.
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US: The Newseum draws flak for selling `Fake News` t-shirts
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, DC [United States], August 4 (ANI): The Newseum, an unusual museum which aims to increase the visitors' understanding of the significance of a free press and the First Amendment, is now selling merchandise products with United States President Donald Trump's libellous slogans lik
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Aurangabad hosts workshop on combating fake news
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], August 3 (ANI): With rumours on various social media platforms triggering lynching incidents in several parts of India, the local authorities on Friday conducted a workshop titled 'How to Avoid Fake News' for journalists residing in the region.
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Fake News, not press, the enemy of the people: Trump clarifies
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Aug 03 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Thursday said that his daughter, Ivanka Trump was correct in her remark that media is not the enemy of the people.
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