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Saturday, November 15, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

SC seeks govt reply on plea for regulating Facebook, Twitter over fake news, hate speech

The apex court was hearing a petition seeking directions to Centre to frame laws for prosecuting those involved in spreading hate and fake news through social media platforms.

Don’t publish election surveys without verification — PCI issues new advisory for newspapers

New guideline part of PCI’s updated Norms of Journalistic Conduct, edition 2020, which was uploaded to media watchdog’s website Friday. Also includes advisory on Covid reporting.

The BBC is struggling to survive the era of fake news

2019 survey saw 44% choose BBC as a single source for impartial news. But many British newspapers have been urging readers that BBC is a wasteful left-wing racket, extorting public.

House panel on IT wants Facebook to share profiles of its India employees

Facebook India head Ajit Mohan and two other representatives were questioned on tech giant's mechanism to deal with hate posts and fake news.

Viral video claiming Adani has taken over Indian Railways is false, it’s just an ad

The short minute-long video shows a train with posters of ‘Fortune Chakki Fresh Atta’ and ‘Adani Wilmar’ stuck on it.

Reader View: Controversies unlikely to dissuade people from vaccines but govt must build trust

YourTurn is our weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

Two journalists booked in UP for running ‘fake news’ related to 2 girls’ death by drowning

Following the death by two girls by drowning, the 2 journalists had run a misleading report that the victims' hands were tied, eyes damaged and they were raped, said police.

Man ‘disrupting’ Durga Puja festivities in viral video is not Muslim. Incident from 2019

Video was posted by one Ashish Singh and is a year old. Singh said he had created the video with his friends 'in a casual manner'.

Photo of BJP leaders meeting Covid-positive Dilip Ghosh without masks is three years old

The picture was taken when Vijayvargiya and Roy went to visit Ghosh at another branch of the same hospital where he is being treated now.

Photo of flyover shared by BJP’s Muzaffarpur MLA actually from Hyderabad

The BJP's Suresh Kumar Sharma shared a photo of a flyover, claiming that 17,554 street lights have been installed in Muzaffarpur.

On Camera

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

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.