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Sunday, November 16, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

Finland has found the most effective method to counter fake news – education

The Nordic nation tops a list of European countries deemed the most resilient to disinformation, the Media Literacy Index, compiled by the Open Society Institute in Sofia. 

Facebook’s push to stop fake news in India isn’t working well

Facebook, Twitter & Google are discovering harsh reality that disinformation & hate speech are even more challenging in emerging markets.

Rahul Gandhi’s claim of new word ‘Modilie’ is not true, Oxford Dictionaries confirm

Congress president Rahul Gandhi taunted PM Narendra Modi in a tweet, saying ‘Modilie’ is a new word that has been added in the English dictionary.

Temple politics is playing out on Twitter & Facebook with a temple that doesn’t exist

Videos claim Abu Dhabi crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed has built a temple there and ‘fulfilled’ promise to Modi. But only the foundation stone was laid last month.

Mamata Banerjee becomes fake news target again as old post goes viral after BJP run-ins

A viral post claiming Mamata Banerjee said she’d bomb India was originally shared by mobilenews24.com in 2017 & then deleted. The claim is now back.

No, the photographs of RSS workers engaging in relief work are not from Cyclone Fani

Viral post of RSS workers’ relief work in Odisha with over 3.8K shares is from cyclones in the South in 2018 and 2017.

Poynter withdraws list of 513 ‘fake news’ websites after furore over ‘flawed’ survey

Days after the 'fake news' list — with 3 Indian websites — was published, Poynter.org managing editor Barbara Allen said they found 'weaknesses' in methodology.

Facebook wants AI to screen content, but fairness issues remain

Mark Zuckerberg wants AI to auto-filter Facebook content but the technology is too immature for this. Plus, AI tools can be gamed where news sources have political biases.

Postcard, Indiatimes in Poynter list of 513 ‘fake news’ websites

Postcard & Indiatimes are yet to issue statements on the Poynter list, which seeks to name websites that carry 'false or misleading information'.

Sri Lanka govt warns 3-5 years jail for those who spread fake news of terror attacks

Sri Lankan news outlet Daily News reported a number of disturbances provoked by fake news spread through social media.

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Modern lovers are trapped in ‘chalta hai’ relationships. Breakups are a lost art

Women, with their sixth sense, aka female intuition, keep hearing an internal announcement: ‘Leave this man.’ And we’re hitting snooze every time.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

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.