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WhatsApp and Facebook are ‘reacting’ to curb fake news — some countries enact prohibitive laws
Given that misinformation spreads so quickly, there are some countries -- such as Singapore an…
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TikTok suspends all livestreaming and content sharing in Russia in response to the country's new controversial 'fake news' law
The ban is a response to the Russian policy enacted on Friday, which threatens imprisonment for sha…
Bethany Biron
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BBC, CNN and others are suspending operations or halting their broadcast in Russia after Putin pushes 'fake news' law
The law, which could go into effect on Saturday, says journalists who describe Russia's invasion of…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Here's who fake news affects most
Stelter weighed in on the struggle defining fake news, saying, "This concept of fake news, the most…
Daniel Jason
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Putin is now going after people's money and property if they criticize the war in Ukraine
A law passed in March 2022 already imposes jail terms and fines on those spreading "fake news" agai…
Huileng Tan
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Supreme Court tells Indian government and Twitter to find a way to curb hate speech online and shut down fake accounts
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and Twitter on a plea seeking a mechanism…
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Facebook, Google and Twitter have till April to tell the Delhi High Court who's in charge of removing fake news
The Delhi High Court issued a notice to social networking platforms — including Facebook, Google an…
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Not all laws and agreements are 'fake news': EU leader blasts Trump's reported plan to leave the Paris agreement
"It would take three to four years after the agreement came into force in November 2016 to leave th…
Sonam Sheth
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Indian government has found a way to trace WhatsApp messages without breaking encryption
The Indian government might finally have a way around WhatsApp’s issue of not violating end-to-end …
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Russia has banned fake news, while also being one of the world's prime exporters of fake news
The European Union has launched a "war against disinformation" originating in Russia, while Sky New…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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Facebook will test 'fake news' filtering in Germany
The proliferation of misleading and false news stories on Facebook has been a heated point of debat…
Kif Leswing
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Vladimir Putin signed a restrictive new law that makes it illegal to insult government officials - including him
British human rights organization Article 19, which focuses on issues of freedom of expression, sai…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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Facebook might start treating deep fakes differently than fake news, says Mark Zuckerberg
When asked about the doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that appeared to show her drunk o…
Zoe Schiffer
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A Pennsylvania police chief who allegedly threatened to 'make up a fake arrest' in retaliation to Facebook posts got charged with a civil rights violation
Brian Buglio allegedly told a man who published critical social media posts about him that he could…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Obama on claims of widespread voter fraud: 'This is fake news'
Conservative outlets like Fox News and Breitbart pushed claims of voter fraud during the 2016 elect…
Pamela Engel
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Russia's internet censorship is forcing citizens to turn to the dark web and VPNs for news and social media
Instagram influencers posted tearful goodbye messages. Global news outlets vanished. VPN downloads …
Connor Perrett
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Fake news is adding to the anxiety around tensions on the India-Pakistan border
Yet another fake news says that Article 35A has been scrapped, that Jammu is a separate st…
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No data localisation -- no linking Aadhaar for social media account verification
"Role of courts is to interpret the law as it is.We are not concerned with what the law ought to be…