Ministry of I&B blocks Pakistan funded fake news networks 35 YouTube channels, 2 websites blocked for spreading anti-India fake news open view news desk DELHI, JANUARY 22: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has ordered blocking of 35 YouTube based news channels and 2 websites which were involved […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Daily Orange isn’t daily anymore. The student-run newspaper that has covered Syracuse University since 1903, and trained generations of journalists, now prints three issues per week. Editor-in-chief Haley Robertson wonders where she’ll find advertisers, worries about firing friends, and searches for alumni donors who […]
Bangkok : Thailand’s junta chief on Monday dismissed rumours of an impending coup as “fake news”, as speculation ricocheted across a kingdom unsettled by the ill-fated political union between a princess and a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan. Conjecture has coursed through Thailand since Friday when the […]
Washington : US President Donald Trump is the “worst perpetrator” of false information on the internet, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion. David Kaye said everybody was struggling on how to deal with disinformation and part of the problem is the governments are […]
MUMBAI – Indian tech ministry officials met with senior WhatsApp executives this week to ask the Facebook Inc unit to start tracing the origins of misinformation spread through its messaging platform, a senior government official said on Friday. WhatsApp has been working to curb the circulation of what […]
A rising tide of nationalism in India is driving ordinary citizens to spread fake news, according to BBC research. The research found that facts were less important to some than the emotional desire to bolster national identity. Social media analysis suggested that right-wing networks are much more organised […]
open view web desk VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the “evil” of fake news, saying journalists and social media users should shun and unmask manipulative “snake tactics” that foment division to serve political and economic interests. ”Fake news is a sign of intolerant and hypersensitive attitudes, […]
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