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Govt blocks 45 videos on 10 YouTube channels for airing fake news: Thakur

Government has ordered the blocking of 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels that contained fake news and morphed content with the intent to spread hatred amongst religious communities, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday. The blocked videos had a cumulative viewership of over 1.30 crore and claimed that the government had taken away the religious rights of certain communities, an official statement said. "These channels had content that spread fear and misconception among communities," Thakur said. An official statement said the blocked content included fake news and morphed videos spread with the intent to spread hatred among religious communities. "Some of the videos blocked by the Ministry were being used to spread disinformation on issues related to Agnipath scheme, Indian Armed Forces, India's national security apparatus, Kashmir," it said. The content was observed to be false and sensitive from the perspective of national security and India's ...

Meta expands 3rd party fact-checking programme in India, adds NewsMeter

With this partnership, Meta will have 11 fact-checking partners in India, making it the country with the most number of third party fact checking partners globally

BJP calls AAP 'fake news peddler' as Sanjay Singh shares edited clip

A war of words erupted between the BJP and AAP after the latter shared an edited clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind at the farewell ceremon

Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan gets relief from SC in fake news case

The Supreme Court granted relief to Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan, protecting him against multiple FIRs him over an alleged doctored video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech

Koo issues advisory to check fake news ahead of Assembly poll results

In a statement, the micro-blogging site on Friday said it has released community guidelines for its users in the 10 languages that are operational on the platform

What are new-age fake news and misinformation?

Misinformation and fake news spread quickly on social media, ducking even the trained eyes. It also sees a drastic jump during the elections. Our next report finds out more about the age-old menace

Govt has taken several steps to deal with fake news: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The steps include setting up of a Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau and notifying the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

Facebook removes over 18 million pieces of fake, harmful Covid content

Facebook said it has removed more than 18 million pieces of content from its main platform and Instagram globally for violating its policies on Covid-related misinformation and harm

SC seeks govt's response on plea seeking law to regulate social media

Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking framing of law to regulate social media platforms and make them responsible for spreading fake news and hate speeches

WhatsApp adds 'Search the Web' feature to curb fake news spread: Know more

The 'Search the Web' option is currently being rolled out in Brazil, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, UK and the US

You can now use IFCN's Covid-19 fact-checking chatbot on WhatsApp in Hindi

The service, previously available in English and Spanish, was developed to combat misinformation about coronavirus pandemic

UP Police cracks down on fake news amid Covid-19 crisis, lodges 40 FIRs

After the lockdown was announced in March 2020, the Adityanath government had warned of tough action against fake news and agai8nst those uploading inflammatory material on social media sites

WhatsApp launches chatbot to bust fake news, allies with global group

Bot has been built to tackle misinformation, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, by connecting people with independent fact-checkers in more than 70 countries

Checking fake news

WhatsApp is taking welcome steps to contain the menace

What have you done to curb fake news? Social media to submit daily reports

A ministry official said the requirement of daily reports is for a few days, in light of the misinformation being spread related to the Covid-19 pandemic

Coronavirus: UP puts social media under scanner to curb fake news

Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, TikTok under the lens

Nearly 6000 Saudi accounts removed from Twitter for violating policies

The 5,929 accounts removed are part of a larger group of 88,000 accounts engaged in "spammy behaviour" across a wide range of topics

CAA protests: 15,000 social media mediators fight to root out fake news

We flagged and removed as many as 2,500 fake news and communal items, said a mediator

Social media firms can't avoid liability for damage caused by fake news: HC

Freedom of speech comes with responsibility, it said

Research reveals hardly anybody shares fake news on Facebook, Twitter

One study that looked at Twitter activity during the 2016 election concluded that 80% of fake news was shared by just 0.1% of users