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How to fact check fake news on WhatsApp

In 2018, 29 people were killed in India by mobs after fake messages about alleged child-lifting …

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How to fact check fake news on Google

The fake news problem is amplified further when it reaches the first page of Google search. Whil…

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Bulk of COVID-19-related fact-checks in Apr related to communal rumours, claims BOOM Live

BOOM Live said while most of the false or misleading claims were circulated with videos (35 per cen…

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WhatsApp launches coronavirus info hub, donates USD 1 mn to International Fact-Checking Network

As coronavirus cases continue to rise globally -- infecting over 1,98,000 people and claiming more…

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Popular fact-checking website PolitiFact crashed during Trump's State of the Union

His only fully incorrect statement was about his tax cuts, which he claimed were the biggest in Ame…

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WhatsApp 'horrified' by mob lynches in India, will address 'specific issues'

Even though the culprit who spread the fake video or the rumour hasn’t been found, the governme…

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Facebook working with 8 third-party fact checkers to flag misinformation around COVID-19

Internet companies like Facebook, Google and ShareChat have stepped up efforts to tackle the sprea…

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COVID-19 vaccines and women’s health: Dispelling myths on periods, pregnancy and breastfeeding

But like with everything unknown, there is a fair bit of hesitation in taking the shot, primari…

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Trump threatens Twitter with 'big action' for flagging his tweets (2nd Lead)

Washington, May 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Twitter with "big actio…

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Here's why Indians are searching on Google for how to make coronavirus vaccines at home

The COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging several parts of India after the nationwide lockdown was partiall…

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This could be the next OnePlus flagship smartphone

The OnePlus 9 Pro could be the next OnePlus flagship smartphone. Early leaks suggest that the compa…

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More than half of all cars sold by Tata Motors in the last three months were electric vehicles

Tata Motors-owned luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover recorded its second successive quarter-on-quart…

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Privacy hoax adds to Facebook’s worries

After the social networking giant, Facebook, reported that that 50 million accounts on its platform…

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WhatsApp challenged over 'irresponsible' use after the app is used to fuel mass mob lynchings in India

The warning came to WhatsApp on a day when it was distributing a competitive set of global awards t…

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Coronavirus panic grips India, face mask prices surge by twenty times, hand sanitizers go out of stock on Amazon

While surgical face masks cannot protect you against coronavirus completely, people are lining u…

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Tune in--Community radio stations aid fight against coronavirus with local touch

"We do different programmes on information received from the district collector, chief medical offi…

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Exclusive: Bankers reveal why RBI is quietly rolling back the ₹2000 notes

These instructions carried out at by bank branches. But, our sources confirmed that such ins…

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WhatsApp takes to print ads to curb fake news in India

Promptly after, WhatsApp responded by saying that it was “horrified by the violence” and said …

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Technicians find ₹1.2 million shredded by rats in an ATM in Assam

FIS Global Business Solutions, a private security company, had deposited ₹2.948 million in the …

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Two of Britain's biggest tabloid newspaper groups are getting together to fight dying sales

All newspapers are fighting falling circulation and advertising revenues. Latest figures, reported …

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