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Saturday, November 15, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

Celeb deepfakes just the tip, revenge porn, fraud & threat to polls form underbelly of AI misuse

From porn content & financial frauds, to being used to sabotage polls or providing misleading information to sway voters — Deepfake has potential social, economic & political dangers, say experts.

Karnataka govt unveils ‘practical framework’ for fact-check unit — ‘not here to control narrative’

Unit to fact-check social media content & combat fake news will have oversight committee including ADGP-rank officer, govt officials, civil society members & others.

All Bengaluru police stations will soon have trained teams to track ‘hate posts’ online

Talking about the decision, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda says ‘whatever happens in law and order, the origin (of the problem) is through social media’.

Karnataka govt to get ‘fact-checkers’ to comb social media for fake news. ‘Not bid to control narrative’

Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt plans to employ fact-checking companies that use AI to detect & categorise online information. ‘Syndicates' behind malicious information to be 'punished'.

Same-sex marriage can give rise to new problem of child sexual abuse, says Hindu Right press

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the last couple of weeks.

Govt can now remove ‘fake news’, but how will it do it? PIB’s Fact Check Unit gives a clue

Amended IT Rules empower ministry to notify a state-appointed body to fact-check govt-related content online. So far, PIB's Fact Check Unit had done so. Here’s a look at how it works.

Fake news has capacity to destroy democracy, says CJI Chandrachud, wants ‘selective quoting of judges’ to stop

CJI D.Y. Chandrachud was speaking at the 2023 Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, where he also emphasised the importance of free media in a democracy.

Handling fake news—Tamil Nadu Police shows how it’s done. A template for other states’ forces

As the news of attacks on north Indian workers spread, the Tamil Nadu police acted quick, using social media and other means to counter misinformation.

Tamils and Biharis aren’t fighting. Something else is fuelling the fear and fury

Police control rooms in Coimbatore and Tiruppur have received hundreds of calls. Officers who can speak Hindi are answering the same question from Bihari migrants: Are we safe?

Gujarat auto driver whom Kejriwal met didn’t hang Modi’s portrait at home, viral image morphed

An auto rickshaw driver, Vikram Dantani, who lives in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, had invited Kejriwal to have dinner at his home, stating that he was a ‘big fan’ of the AAP leader.

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Capitalism is the bedrock of all economic progress. Socialism is a parasite: KD Valicha

Today is the anti-socialist era. Libertarianism is fighting; dedicated with all its power and love of liberty. It does not matter whether it wins in the political sphere, wrote KD Valicha in 1957.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

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.