Fake News India

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said amendments to the rules for determining fake news, false news and misrepresentation have been put through a consultation process, but need a lot of deliberations before being enforced. "We are looking towards making certain amendments in the entire election process. I cannot give any commitment because it is a consultation process which is going on. So the definition of fake news, false news and misrepresentation ... these are all important things which require a lot of deliberations. We are doing it," Rijiju told reporters here after inaugurating the Legal Aid office. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 on Thursday. The 2023 amendments confer the power on the ministry to notify a fact-check unit of the Centre that will identify fake, false or misleading online content with respect to any business

Deepfakes are videos creating delusion with the use of deep learning, other artificial intelligence techniques and photoshopping to make images of fake events

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said a piece of single fake news has the capability to snowball into a matter of national concern and emphasised the need to come up with technological advancement to check them. Addressing the 'Chintan Shivir' here, a gathering of home ministers of states to deliberate on issues of internal security, Modi stressed on the need to educate people about analysing and verifying any piece of information before forwarding it to others. "One should think 10 times before forwarding any information and verify it before believing it. Every platform has tools to verify any information. If you will browse through different sources, you will get a new version of it," the prime minister said. Pointing out the possibilities of social media, Modi said that one should not limit it to being the source of information. He said that a piece of single fake news has the capability to snowball into a matter of national concern. Modi lamented the losses that India ha

Government has ordered the blocking of 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels that contained fake news and morphed content with the intent to spread hatred amongst religious communities, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday. The blocked videos had a cumulative viewership of over 1.30 crore and claimed that the government had taken away the religious rights of certain communities, an official statement said. "These channels had content that spread fear and misconception among communities," Thakur said. An official statement said the blocked content included fake news and morphed videos spread with the intent to spread hatred among religious communities. "Some of the videos blocked by the Ministry were being used to spread disinformation on issues related to Agnipath scheme, Indian Armed Forces, India's national security apparatus, Kashmir," it said. The content was observed to be false and sensitive from the perspective of national security and India's ...

With this partnership, Meta will have 11 fact-checking partners in India, making it the country with the most number of third party fact checking partners globally

A war of words erupted between the BJP and AAP after the latter shared an edited clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind at the farewell ceremon

The Supreme Court granted relief to Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan, protecting him against multiple FIRs him over an alleged doctored video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech

In a statement, the micro-blogging site on Friday said it has released community guidelines for its users in the 10 languages that are operational on the platform

What are new-age fake news and misinformation?

Misinformation and fake news spread quickly on social media, ducking even the trained eyes. It also sees a drastic jump during the elections. Our next report finds out more about the age-old menace

The steps include setting up of a Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau and notifying the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

Facebook said it has removed more than 18 million pieces of content from its main platform and Instagram globally for violating its policies on Covid-related misinformation and harm

Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking framing of law to regulate social media platforms and make them responsible for spreading fake news and hate speeches

The 'Search the Web' option is currently being rolled out in Brazil, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, UK and the US

The service, previously available in English and Spanish, was developed to combat misinformation about coronavirus pandemic

After the lockdown was announced in March 2020, the Adityanath government had warned of tough action against fake news and agai8nst those uploading inflammatory material on social media sites

Bot has been built to tackle misinformation, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, by connecting people with independent fact-checkers in more than 70 countries

WhatsApp is taking welcome steps to contain the menace

A ministry official said the requirement of daily reports is for a few days, in light of the misinformation being spread related to the Covid-19 pandemic

Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, TikTok under the lens

The 5,929 accounts removed are part of a larger group of 88,000 accounts engaged in "spammy behaviour" across a wide range of topics