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Mark Zuckerberg is happy to let Facebook be a tool to spread misinformation and fake news, but is apparently fine with Facebook dropping real news altogether, John Stanton, co-founder of the Save Journalism Project, said in a statement. Regulators need to reign in the tech giants total domination of the online marketplace before its too late.

Draft IT Rules have potential to muzzle the press: Digital news...

DigiPub News India Foundation said the government should not appropriate powers to legitimise what information or news...

20 Jan 2023 11:13 AM IST

Bowyer used false and misleading statements alleging the government influenced decisions made by state investors Temasek Holdings and GIC.

Govt alone cannot determine fake news, says Editors Guild on amendment...

It said that already multiple laws exist to deal with content that is found to be factually incorrect

19 Jan 2023 10:15 AM IST

Artists of Red Cross society wear coronavirus helmet to spread awareness about the pandemic in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Doctors: Ignore all Covid -'news-' on social media

Nothing worrisome for Indians, say experts

25 Dec 2022 11:28 PM IST

The government has accused a YouTube channel called News Headlines of spreading fake news against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Representational image: ANI)

PIB pulls up YouTube channel for spreading fake news against PM Modi,...

According to the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the YouTube channel reportedly has 10 lakh subscribers and 32 crore...

20 Dec 2022 1:27 PM IST

Fake news created with a prominent Telugu channels name claimed that the Congress candidate in Munugode bypoll, Palvai Sravanthi met Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. (Photo by arrangement)

Fake news on Sravanthi meeting KCR spreads as polling begins in...

Congress demands action, blames BJP

3 Nov 2022 11:18 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Fake news capable of snowballing into matter of national concern: PM...

SURAJKUND: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said a piece of single fake news has the capability to snowball into a...

28 Oct 2022 3:18 PM IST

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DC Edit | Widen ambit of fake news fight

One of the fundamental ethics of democracy is the right to freedom of speech and expression, but like all rights, it,...

20 Aug 2022 12:16 AM IST

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Shashi Warrier | The New Press Utopia!

A few days after people who supported Nupur Sharma were killed, and the protests began, my friend Murthy dropped in. He...

10 July 2022 1:30 AM IST

Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan. (Photo: Facebook)

DC Edit | Stooping to fake news

The global right-wing is known to be their beneficiary as well as their source and promoter

7 July 2022 3:39 AM IST

For decisions on removing content such as violent extremism and child safety, YouTube tolerated a lower level of accuracy that resulted in a tripling of the number of videos pulled for breaking those rules, it said. (Photo | AFP)

Govt orders blocking of 35 Pak-based YouTube channels over anti-India...

These include the Apni Duniya Network operating 14 YouTube channels and Talha Films Network operating 13 YouTube...

22 Jan 2022 1:53 PM IST

Cabbages & Kings: Dont be taken in by fake news

Cabbages & Kings: Don't be taken in by fake news

Fake history in the service of some petty cause is easily exposed.

23 Jun 2018 12:20 AM IST

New study finds US President Donald Trumps diet can raise the risk of bowel cancer. (Photo: AP)

Why is dissent confined to litfests?

An example of this is a photograph showing a violent event in one part of the world and representing it as being from...

28 Jan 2018 2:34 AM IST