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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

Fact Check: No BJP leaders ‘beaten up’ in TN, viral video of scuffle between BJP workers from 2023

Original video of the incident from last yr shows that during a rally in Odisha, a fight broke out after a BJP leader was stopped from approaching party state president's jeep.

Fact Check: Viral video makes false claims of ECI undermining AAP’s poll campaign ahead of LS polls

Video shows man removing posters, seemingly of AAP, and leaving BJP flags untouched. Original video is of NSUI's posters being removed in Jaipur, way before model code of conduct kicked in.

New book on fake news unveils dark secrets of misinformation, offers insightful analysis

Published by Penguin India, ‘Fake News: Spot It, Stop It’ by Gaurav Sood will be released on 11 December on Softcover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

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.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.