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Haryana: Gang of transgenders in police custody for assault in Karnal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], July 18 (ANI): Police on Thursday took at least six transgenders into custody after a video of them allegedly thrashing two men outside a dhaba in Karnal, went viral on social media platforms. Police said they have not yet received any complaint from the victims.
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Haryana Police to launch awareness drive on cyber crime through social med
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 10 (ANI): Haryana Police will soon launch a new public awareness campaign through SMS and social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok to educate and alert people against online frauds, cybercrime and other fictitious offers.
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Don't share posts on social media which might disturb communal harmony: Ra
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 9 (ANI): Ranchi Police has ordered all the admins and members of WhatsApp groups and other social media platforms to not share posts that might disturb the communal harmony.
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Social media platforms welcome to do business, should avoid abuse: RS Pras
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 3 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar after taking charge of the Ministry of Electronics and IT on Monday said that all social media platforms are welcome to do business in India but would not be allowed to abuse, generate terrorism, extremism, communalism etc.
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Train hawker sent to 10 days judicial custody for mimicking politicians
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], June 1 (ANI): A train hawker whose video mimicking politicians while selling toys had gone viral on the social media platforms, was produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class court by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Saturday.
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647 cases of paid news registered during LS polls: ECI
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 19 (ANI): A total of 647 cases of paid news have been registered while 909 social media posts were removed from various social media platforms in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Sri Lanka: Social media platforms banned after attack on mosque
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 13 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Monday blocked various social media platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube to prevent the circulation of rumours in the aftermath of violence in Chilaw and Kuliyapitiya.
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Sri Lanka: Police arrest Islamic preacher for inciting extremism on social
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): A 47-year-old moulavi, an Islamic preacher, was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo on charges of using social media platforms to air extremist views, the police said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka blocks social media platforms after Sinhalese-Muslim clashes
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan on Monday temporarily blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and some social media platforms as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of false information a day after clashes broke out between ethnic Sinhalese group and minority Muslims.
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Tech fixes and human psychology needed to stop spreading fake information
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 27 (ANI): Researchers suggest that just technological fixes are not enough to stop rival countries from spreading fake information on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Use of human psychology is also required to battle these disinformation campaig
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Fake news menace: Review petition filed before SC
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 27 (ANI): A review petition has been filed before the Supreme Court in connection with a plea requesting the court to issue guidelines to the Centre to frame rules regarding prevention of fake news on social media platforms.
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Prakash Raj slams 'fake' posts of him backing Congress
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Veteran actor Prakash Raj, who is contesting from Bengaluru Central seat as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha elections, on Wednesday hit out at the Congress for posting photographs on social media platforms, which claimed he backed the gr
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