Page 15 - Fake News

Fake news crackdown: Govt seeks options to block Facebook and WhatsApp

Under the present framework, instructions for blocking of websites or URLs are issued by the DoT to internet service licensees, based on the directions of Meity and according to directions from courts

Govt will not tolerate data abuse by firms to influence elections: Prasad

Prasad said the government has ordered a CBI investigation into alleged misuse of data of Indian Facebook users by British political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica.

Experts working on app to check authenticity of messages on WhatsApp

Rumours on WhatsApp have sparked off a spate of incidents involving mob fury, including one where five men were lynched on the suspicion of being child-lifters in Maharashtra's Rainpada village

UK democracy 'facing a crisis' from US social media companies

This is only an interim report, and the panel will publish its full findings in the fall

Fake news: Make tech firms liable for misleading content, says UK lawmakers

The ICO earlier this month fined Facebook for the Cambridge Analytica scandal

More teeth for Section 79 of IT Act to check scourge of fake news

Centre asks social media platforms to locate grievance officers in India

Fake news and its dimensions

Complicated social phenomena behind it

Indian-origin entreprenuer's UK start-up to combat fake news

Lyric Jain's start-up uses a machine-learning algorithm to sift fact from fiction.

UP Police launches 'digital armies' to curb fake news on social media

Digital volunteers will inform their local police station if they stumble upon fake news on social media and at same time, disseminate correct information among locals to curb spread of rumours

As fake news spreads, algorithms and 'filter bubbles' take centre stage

Social media algorithms tend to push the most viewed content without checking if it is true or not, which is why they magnify the impact of fake news

How fake news warriors are trying to eliminate the scourge of our times

WhatsApp took out a full-page advertisement in major news dailies explaining how to identify fake news in forwarded messages

Understanding the fake news market

The fake news industry has been substantially aided in its efforts by the bubble effect that characterises social media

Here's what history of advertising suggests about the future of fake news

History also suggests that the danger will probably recede over time as people grow accustomed to the ads, which will cease to work as effectively

Fake news row: Govt rolls back rules after Modi steps in for damage-control

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's quick intervention in the matter within hours shows that the PM is against the view of curbing the "freedom of press", the Press Council of India asserted

Tips to fight fake news

Deranking fake news sites, starving them of advertising money and media literacy programmes could help tackle the issue better than regulation

Fake news rules would've led to harassment, says Editors Guild of India

Congress leader Ahmed Patel, among others, questioned the government move to clamp down on fake news, citing the possibility of the new rule being misused against some

Fake news order withdrawal is a victory of democracy, media: Congress

Through the press release on fake news, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had attempted to bring restrictions on the media's autonomy

Facebook, Google warn Singapore against new laws to combat fake news

The Singapore government has denied it is trying to restrict free speech

Twitter bars tactics used by 'bots' to spread fake news and tweets

Twitter bots disseminated propaganda before the 2016 US elections and have continued to inflame US politics under cover of anonymity

'Fake news': wide reach, little impact, says study

False stories were a small fraction of the participants' overall news diet