Fake News

In order to fight misinformation, Google and YouTube have rolled up their sleeves and announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the non-profit Poynter Institute to launch a new Global Fact Check…

In a recent portrayal of power, the President of the North African country Tunisia Kais Saied has announced that anyone who spreads fake news shall be imposed a prison sentence for up to 5 years. The decree also states that if the…

News that IRCTC will cancel all trains come Mar 31, 2021 have been flagged as false and fake. In a tweet put out by the Ministry of Railways, circulating news that the government is suspending trains from Mar 31, 2021 has been debunked…

Rs 2000 notes are here to stay. Contrary to the claims, RBI has not stopped printing Rs 2000 notes.PIB dismisses the fake news circulated on the internet earlier. A couple of days back we posted an article about ATMs not dispensing…

Fake Whatsapp Forward: Privatisation Of Govt Banks Will Endanger Your Savings Social media has a massive impact on not just our physical lives but also our mental ones. What we see or read, we mostly consider it to be true. This has…

This City Will Jail Whatsapp Group Admins For Fake News; Section 188 Will Be Enforced As per the reports, the Group admins on messaging and social media platforms will be “personally” held responsible for dissemination of misinformation…

Whatsapp Will Allow You To Verify Forwarded Messages Using This Simple Feature: Move To Kill Fake News? Coronavirus outbreak has added to the rumour mill running in full speed, and the favourite medium of spreading rumours is probably…

RBI Issuing Rs 1000 Currency Note? Is This Rumor? Govt of India Issues Clarification On Rs 1000 Note Some days back, you must be hearing news of Rs 2000 notes to reportedly be taken out of circulation. Although there wasn’t any…

Facebook, Whatsapp, TikTok Can Be Forced To Verify Every Indian On Their Platform Fake news, provocative news, unconfirmed news, hate-fuelled posts have taken more than 30 lives in India, since 2017. Govt. is determined to stop this…

Fake News Is Now Officially A Crime In India Of all the news that we get on our smartphones on a per-second basis, half of them are probably fake. In fact, a lot of studies have proven that fake news spread faster than genuine ones. …