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Prince Harry slams Joe Rogan for spreading COVID-19 vaccination misinforma
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): The Duke of Sussex Prince Harry has stepped forward to call out American comedian Joe Rogan for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and telling his listeners that young people need not get vaccinated.
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Delhi Police registers FIR against 'misinformation spreaders' on social me
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): In a move to tackle the spread of fake news on social media portals, the Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR in its Crime Branch against misinformation spreaders on social media.
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Attempt being made to spread misinformation on phase III of Covid-19 vacci
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Addressing concerns raised by some quarters on the recently announced 'Liberalized and Accelerated Phase III Strategy of Covid-19 Vaccination', Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday took a swipe at "certain political leaders" from the Oppositi
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Centre welcomes criticism but action necessary against tweets spreading mi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The government welcomes criticism and genuine requests for help amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is necessary to take action against users who misuse social media to spread panic and misinformation, sources from the Ministry of Electronics and Information
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Twitter says it will continue to remove misleading narratives on COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Tweets that advance harmful, false or misleading narratives about COVID-19 vaccinations will continue to be removed from the platform, informed a Twitter spokesperson on Sunday after several tweets on India's COVID-19 response were removed from the microblo
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DOTO: Tale of dubious database that spreads misinformation against India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], April 24 (ANI): Document of the Oppressed (DOTO) which claims to be a non-profit documentation center which documents hate crime against religious minorities specifically in India, runs a vicious agenda to fool general public by providing them with misinformation, according
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Amarinder Singh slams Centre for spreading rumours about Punjab farmers
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 4 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday slammed the Central government for spreading misinformation about the state's farmers with its "grave and incorrect" allegations of bonded labourers working in the fields.
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Prince Harry joins Aspen Institute commission on misinformation
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Prince Harry will be joining the Aspen Institute’s six-month commission aimed at tackling misinformation.
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Facebook removed 1.3 billion fake accounts in October-December 2020
Updated : 4 years, 11 months 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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Facebook to remove posts praising Atlanta shooting
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
California [US], March 18 (ANI): Social networking service Facebook is taking action against hateful posts and misinformation surrounding the mass shooting that left eight people dead in Atlanta earlier this week.
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Facebook finds social media users responsible for spreading vaccine doubt
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): The social media giant, Facebook has found that a small number of users who are reportedly violating the platform norms are responsible for spreading COVID-19 vaccine doubts.
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Misleading people are often mislead by others, reveals study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ontario [Canada], March 13 (ANI): While some individuals might find it easy to mislead people by trying to persuade or impress with misleading exaggerations and distortions, they are themselves much likely to be fooled by impressive-sounding misinformation, as suggested by the findings of a
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