Topic: fake news
Fact-checking site in Congo releases sign language videos for people with hearing problems
Congo Check has launched these videos so that the deaf and hard of hearing also have access to real information, especially during the Covid pandemic.
India’s anti-Muslim fake news factories are following the anti-Semitic playbook
Take any crime, add a false Muslim angle to show Muslims as perpetrators. This is exactly what Christians did to Jews in Europe for centuries.
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, Facebook profited a lot from India’s hate agenda. Time to pull the plug with a law
French parliament now has a law mandating social media and tech firms such as Twitter, Facebook and Google remove hateful content within 24 hours of being flagged.
Kolkata police take down 1.3 lakh social media posts as ‘fake news’ takes communal turn
Police in Bengal filed 270 cases related to fake news between 18 March and 18 May. At least two dozen of these name BJP members.
Why the Modi government gets away with lies, and how the opposition could change that
As with Putin’s Russia and Trump’s America, India faces a ‘fire-hosing of falsehood’. Mere fact-checking won’t defeat it.
Facebook removes 2.5 million posts selling masks and Covid kits
The social media giant has had to quickly train its AI to handle an increase in coronavirus content that violates company policies.
TikTok launches #MatKarForward campaign with Virat Kohli and Kriti Sanon to fight fake news
Actors Ayushmann Khurana, Sara Ali Khan, Kriti Sanon and cricketer Virat Kohli have teamed up with the app to discourage people from forwarding unverified videos.
Palghar lynching: Muslims, Christians usual suspects. No one blamed Facebook, WhatsApp
The blame game after Palghar lynching is a fresh reminder of how the politics of hate can ruthlessly hijack the much-needed development agenda.
Aarogya Setu is ‘priority’ as Modi govt plans big publicity campaign for its Covid work
The publicity campaign, also featuring fake news busted by PIB fact check unit, will be carried out by the I&B ministry in at least 13 states.
Vikas Dubey put Kanpur on the map, but many in city hadn’t even heard of him until shootout
Vikas Dubey only controlled Chaubeypur, a tiny kasba with a population of just 4,000. And yet, he will now be remembered as 'Kanpur don'.
Imperative banks raise capital as pandemic could increase NPAs, says RBI’s Shaktikanta Das
The pandemic is the biggest test of the economic and financial system's resilience and robustness, Das said, adding that RBI has asked banks to conduct Covid stress tests.
Defence
IAF gets night-flying capability at Leh for MiG-29s, force sees it as a ‘game-changer’
The new capability will allow IAF to conduct full-spectrum operations at the LAC on short notice, given Leh’s proximity to it.
Uttar Pradesh is India’s broken heartland, break it into 4 or 5 states
Uttar Pradesh, our largest state by population and most powerful, is also the worst governed. A state with 1-in-6 Indians has no hope because of its size.