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Canada allots USD 1.1 million to fight COVID-19 misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], November 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Canada is contributing USD 1.15 million towards fighting misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic, Global Affairs Canada said in a statement at the conclusion of the Global Conference on Media Freedom.
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UK govt, social media networks agree measures to tackle COVID-19 vaccine d
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government and leading social media platforms have agreed on a set of new measures to tackle the spread of disinformation and misinformation related to vaccines against COVID-19, according to a joint press release published by the Department for
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Need to Combat Problem of Misinformation on Health and Wellness: Health Co
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): Pratishtha Rawat is a budding fitness and wellness coach who hails from The Big Apple and recently moved to the Indian capital.
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YouTube to remove remove videos with COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): Video sharing platform YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will remove videos containing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.
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TikTok launches guide on US elections to protect users from misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Chinese video-sharing application TikTok said in a statement on Tuesday that it was launching a guide to the 2020 US elections to provide its users with authoritative information and protect them against misinformation.
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West Bengal: BJP 'padyatras' to counter TMC propaganda on farm Bills
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Apart from Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will also reach out to farmers in West Bengal through 'padyatras' in order to dispel the misinformation spread by the Opposition parties over the agriculture sector reform Bills.
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Agriculture Bills are in interests of farmers: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], September 24 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday backed the Agriculture sector reform Bills passed by the Parliament.
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Punjab police approaches Centre to block 45 social media links after the p
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 11 (ANI): Intensifying their crackdown against rumour mongers spreading misinformation on Covid on social media, the Punjab police on Thursday approached the Centre for blocking access to 45 links indulging in false propaganda, said the state government
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People with malicious intent spreading misinformation that party has insul
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 7 (ANI): Taking a veiled dig at Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said that some people with malicious intent are spreading misinformation that the party has insulted women.
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Facebook limits Messenger forwards to curb misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
California [US], September 4 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook is putting a cap on how many times a message can be forwarded on Messenger. The company has limited the forwards of a message to five at once for the sake of curbing misinformation.
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Sushant had no life insurance policy, misinformation being spread: Vikas S
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Vikas Singh, lawyer of Sushant Singh Rajput's father KK Singh, on Wednesday that the theory being propounded by section of media that the late actor had a life insurance policy and the family will not be given money if he had committed suicide is a canar
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TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu refutes charges of YSRCP on Amaravati
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday strongly objected to the continuing 'misinformation campaign' by the ruling Jagan Mohan Reddy government that the previous TDP regime had not brought any development but only showed
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