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'Mat Kar Forward: Ayushmann, Kriti, Sara and Virat join initiative to tack
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): In an attempt to stop the spread of fake news and misinformation, actors Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Sara Ali Khan, and cricketer Virat Kohli have joined hands for a new initiative called 'Mat Kar Forward.'
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COVID-19: Youtube introduces fact-check panels to searches in US to halt s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 28 (ANI): In an attempt to protect users in US from misinformation amid the coronavirus pandemic, Youtube will add informational panels containing information from its network of fact-checkers to videos.
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Corona pandemic: European Commission should question China over spreading
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 28 (ANI): The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Party have issued an open letter calling on the European Commission (EC) to investigate and explain the allegations that a recent report documenting how governments push disinformation about the coronavirus p
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Facebook to launch 'Get The Facts' feature to reduce spread of misinformat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): In an attempt to reduce the spread of misinformation regarding the coronavirus, Facebook is launching a new feature called 'Get The Facts', said CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday.
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Bandra incident: Police arrests TV journalist for spreading misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): A TV journalist has been arrested for spreading misinformation about trains that led to huge gathering of migrant labourers outside the Bandra railway station on Tuesday.
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Accounts which spread misinformation about trains tracked, FIR being regis
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday said that all accounts, which spread misinformation regarding the commencement of trains from April 14, have been tracked and due legal process is being followed.
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Google announces steps to help combat COVID-19 misinformation in India
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Google on Monday announced a series of steps taken to bring reliable information related to COVID-19 pandemic in India and combat the spread of misinformation.
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Spanish leader lashes out at China for lying and misinformation on coronav
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 12 (ANI): A senior Spanish member of the European Parliament and Vice Chairman of the Conservatives Group, Herman Tertsch has lashed out at China for lying and misinforming the world about the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed over a hundred thousand people
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Lies, misinformation, IP theft is everyday thing for China: Herman Tertsch
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 11 (ANI): Coronavirus has infected 1.6 million people worldwide and has resulted in deaths of more than 100,000 people but China, the source of the virus, remains defiant and shrugs off its responsibility to contain the virus and inform the world about the virus at
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar asks people to stay away from COVID-19 related rumou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 10 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asked people not to pay heed to rumours linked to COVID-19 and instructed Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar and Director General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey to involve all the District Magistrates and Superin
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COVID-19 not transmitted from animals to humans, misinformation being spre
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Calling the circulation of rumours about animals spreading COVID-19 a "classic example of spreading misinformation, disinformation, distorted information," Dr Chandrakant Pandav, Head, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS Delhi said that this totally wrong
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Canada to Invest $2.14Mln to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], April 8 (Sputnik/ANI): Canada is investing $2.14 million to counter misinformation online about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Department of Canadian Heritage said in a statement.
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