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TopicFake accounts

Topic: fake accounts

Get the iStaunch advantage & the complete guide to spot a fake Instagram account

Over the past year, there has been an increase in the number of fake accounts on Instagram. While there are tips to suss out fakes, make sure you are reaching the right conclusions.  

Fake ‘ANI’ handle claims Twitter will cease India operations, suspended after ‘news’ went viral

'News flash' came from the handle @AniNewsIndia, which used the name of news agency ANI. Many users retweeted quote-tweeted it, before the handle was suspended.

Sara Pilot didn’t tell husband Sachin to join BJP, it’s a fake Twitter account

Social media users were left confused after two fake accounts claiming to belong to Sara Pilot, wife of Sachin Pilot, began tweeting about the political crisis in Rajasthan.

Plea in Supreme Court seeks mechanism to check content spreading hatred on Twitter

The petition filed by BJP's Vinit Goenka sought a law that can initiate action against Twitter for willfully abetting and promoting anti-India tweets and penalize them

Twitter and Facebook need a bigger and better cleanup

The social media giants will be in trouble with regulators and brands if they don’t show they are trying to fix themselves.

Twitter’s fake-account purge more of public relations onslaught than a problem solver

Twitter and Facebook can make automated registration impossible, but they aren’t doing it.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.