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Unravelling the virality of death hoaxes—featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar and now Shreyas Talpade

From fake rumours of Amitabh Bachchan dying in a car crash to Lata Mangeshkar tweeting to confirm s…

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Kerala government implements 'Fake News detection' in school textbooks

In a move to empower school children, the Kerala government to include the identification of fake n…

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A small number of ‘superspreaders’ are propagating most of the misinformation on Twitter, study finds

Building on our understanding on the spread of misinformation on social media, a team of analysts a…

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Puja Khedkar case: UPSC files FIR against IAS trainee for fraud; bars her from all future exams

Puja Khedkar, an IAS trainee, has been making news for all the wrong reasons after reports of her h…

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Fake news: Big B rubbishes reports on him undergoing angioplasty

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has refuted the recent reports claiming his hospitalisation and angioplas…

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Election fuelled misinformation is serious global risk in 2024, says WEF

It’s a year of many elections across the world. This, on top of two ongoing wars, could make it the…

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Viral video of CEO recommending stocks is deep fake: NSE cautions investors

In an official statement released on Wednesday, the NSE urged investors to exercise vigilance and r…

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What are the limits and boundaries of 3 words - fake, false and misleading? asks Bombay HC on fake news case

The Bombay High Court has questioned the boundaries and limits of the words 'fake, false, and misle…

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Carl Pei says reports about Nothing Phone (1) Lite are “fake news”

Carl Pei has denied reports that the company is working on a Lite version of the Nothing phone (1).…

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Fake news continues to be a major concern for 64% news consumers in India: Ormax Media report

Print media continues to lead, with a Credibility Index of 62%, followed by Television (55%) and Ra…

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Indian gangs are 'fake-killing' people to claim life insurance payouts, report says

Scammers in India are being driven by crushing poverty, government neglect, and political oppressio…

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Government blocks over 60 social media accounts for allegedly spreading anti-India fake news

"These YouTube channels are sponsored from Pakistan," he said. On fake news through newspap…

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More than half of Bitcoin volume on crypto exchanges fake: Report

More than 51 per cent of the total Bitcoin trading volume on various crypto exchanges this year is …

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India not having permanent seat in UN Security Council is 'absurd': Elon Musk

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has called the absence of India as a permanent member of the United …

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COVID-19 and the fake news fiasco

Taking cognizance of the fact that fake news can be as harmful as Coronavirus itself, the governmen…

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Man arrested after posting a viral video of him eating a snake that he claimed would 'keep COVID-19 at bay'

The man, known only as Vadivelu, from Tamil Naidu, India, was arrested and fined after sharing a vi…

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Supreme Court stays centre's notification setting up PIB's Fact Check Unit

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Centre's notification on setting up a fact-checking unit u…

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Facebook and Twitter told that freedom of speech is subject to reasonable restrictions by Indian government

He said all the social media platforms will have to adhere to the constitution of India. The…

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Over 80 fact checkers claim that YouTube is being "weaponised by unscrupulous actors"

Stressing that current measures on behalf of the Google-owned platform are proving insufficient,…