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''No Condition'' Talks With Iran Fake News, Says Donald Trump

World News | ANI | Monday September 16, 2019

Defying the statements of his top officials, US President Donald Trump on Sunday stated that the reports of him being ready to talk to Iran without conditions are "incorrect".

Sedition Case Against Activist Shehla Rashid For Tweets Against Army

India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Friday September 6, 2019

A case under the sedition law was filed against activist Shehla Rashid earlier this week for her tweets in which she had claimed that the armed forces were "entering houses" in Jammu and Kashmir and "picking up boys". The case was filed on the complaint of a Supreme Court lawyer, the First Information Report accessed by NDTV said.

Ex-Pak Envoy Retweets Photo Of Adult Filmstar As Kashmiri Who Lost Vision

World News | ANI | Tuesday September 3, 2019

In an embarrassing goof-up former Pakistani High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit on Monday retweeted a photo of an adult filmstar while passing it off as a Kashmiri man who lost his vision due to pellet injury.

"Fake News Exposed": Prakash Javadekar Attacks Media On Kashmir Coverage

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 30, 2019

Restrictions in the Kashmir Valley are being lifted every day progressively, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday as he promised a "completely normal new Kashmir".

National Security Act For Spreading Child Kidnapping Rumours: UP Top Cop

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 29, 2019

In a bid to contain widespread rumours of child kidnapping leading to incidents of lynching in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has instructed all district police chiefs to slap National Security Act (NSA) against those who are found inciting mob or spreading rumours on social media

Donald Trump Denies Report He Wanted To Nuke Hurricanes

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday August 26, 2019

US President Donald Trump on Monday denied an Axios report that he wanted to drop nuclear bombs on hurricanes before they made landfall in the United States, calling it "ridiculous".

Bigg Boss 3 Tamil, Day 26-27 Written Update: Mohan Vaidya Gets Evicted, Reshma Becomes The New Captain

Entertainment | NDTV Movies Newsdesk | Monday July 22, 2019

Reshma convincingly won the captain battle and she will be captaining the Bigg Boss house for the next week

"Fake News": HD Kumaraswamy Denies Getting Admitted To Hospital

Karnataka News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 22, 2019

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday denied he was getting admitted in a hospital to avoid the floor test in the state Assembly on Monday.

Amal Clooney Slams Donald Trump Over "Fake News" Attacks On Media

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 11, 2019

Countries that abuse journalists should pay a "diplomatic price", British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt told a conference on media freedom Wednesday, adding that liberal democracies must also "practise what we preach".

WhatsApp Messages Can Be Traced Without Diluting End-to-End Encryption, IIT-M Professor Says

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday July 11, 2019

With India pressing for traceability of WhatsApp messages to check the spread of fake news, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras on Wednesday stressed that the issue can be easily resolved.

How Facebook Fought Fake News About Facebook

Mark Bergen, Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg | Tuesday July 9, 2019

Stormchaser is a tool was designed to track hoaxes and "memes" about Facebook on the social network and other company-owned services including WhatsApp.

When Facebook Poll Rating Against Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Stunned Zuckerberg

World News | Mark Bergen and Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg | Tuesday July 9, 2019

A month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a rumor spread on Facebook. People were sharing a viral gimmick familiar to email spammers: Copy and paste this message to all your friends, or Facebook will share your private information. The hoax took off, particularly in pockets of the U.S. and the Philippines.

Demand In Rajya Sabha To Regulate Fake News, Indecent Language

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 2, 2019

A demand to frame a law to regulate fake news and indecent language on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook was made in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.

Social Media Must Not Be Used To Spread Fake News: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 30, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday stressed that social media should be used for the good of mankind.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says 'Deepfake' Videos Different From Fake News

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday June 27, 2019

Zuckerberg is considering to treat "deepfakes" and misinformation separately so that altered "deepfake" videos can be tackled in a better way.