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Sunday, November 16, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

This Delhi Police ‘Batmobile’ is out to catch the fake news bad guys

Shahbaz Ansar -
The force now has at its disposal a hi-tech van equipped with technology that allows them to 'crack' phones in minutes.

What’s the point of listening to Modi’s Independence Day speech if we’ve to fact check it?

Harnidh Kaur -
We have become a nation that calls an attack on student-activist Umar Khalid a ‘publicity stunt’.

If India wants to stop fake news in 2019 elections, it can learn from Brazil

Shan Wang -
Comprova, a collective of 24 Brazilian newsrooms, will monitor and refute misinformation on WhatsApp in the run-up to elections. 

Facebook, Twitter blocked more than 700 URLs this year: Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

PTI -
Centre says it had asked companies to prevent the proliferation of rumours and fake news on their platforms.

Ravi Shankar Prasad wants to curb fake news, but forgot to mention BJP IT cell

Sandip Roy -
If the Modi government was serious about fake news it would adopt a no-tolerance policy on all fronts, including its own IT cells and party leaders.

Social media platforms must use technology to tackle fake news: Law minister

PTI -
Centre also tells social media platforms to appoint grievance officers in India before whom complaints can be made.

We would be better off if we stop using the term ‘fake news’

Joshua Habgood Coote -
The phrase “fake news” is a mess of conflicting meanings. It is nonsense – empty words.

Here’s what the world is doing to tackle fake news. India can learn

Daniel Funke -
A guide for existing attempts to legislate against what can broadly be referred to as online misinformation.

After uproar on violence due to rumours, Facebook says it will start removing fake news

PTI -
Facebook has drawn criticism for 'failing' to curb violence caused by rumours in Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka.

Lynch mobs say more about India than WhatsApp

Mihir Sharma -
Govt seeking accountability from a phone app is odd given ruling party politicians are spreading fake news. 
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