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101 social media accounts face action for misinformation on Maha Kumbh

Legal action has been initiated against 101 social media accounts in 10 cases for allegedly spreading misleading information related to the Maha Kumbh and Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Police said on Wednesday. The action followed directives from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to curb fake news and misinformation regarding the mega event. According to Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar, a comprehensive cyber patrolling strategy was implemented to monitor and counter the spread of misleading content. Under this initiative, Uttar Pradesh Police and expert agencies have been continuously tracking social media platforms for fake posts, rumours, and cyber offences related to the Maha Kumbh. On Wednesday, it was found that certain accounts falsely linked a video from Pakistan's Karak district to the Maha Kumbh stampede in Prayagraj. The video was accompanied by a song titled "Ye Prayagraj Hai", with a claim that "even serving one's parents won't cleanse sins, but h

Swiss politician Meret Schneider threatened for urging social media ban

Green Party politician has spoken about the need to regulate social media and argued that Switzerland is lagging behind in doing so

DoT directs social media firms to act against content violating Telecom Act

DoT directs social media platforms to remove content enabling CLI spoofing, citing violations of the Telecommunications Act, 2023; compliance deadline set for February 28

Caveat influencers: An ethics council is a step in the right direction

Last year, the Advertising Standards Council of India (Asci) had come up with a set of self-regulatory guidelines for influencers built around disclaimers and disclosures

Ranveer Allahbadia row: Influencer ethics council moves to restore trust

According to the council, the influencer marketing industry is expected to surpass Rs 3,375 crore by 2026

Meta to build 50,000 km subsea cable to connect US, India, Brazil, S Africa

Dubbed Project Waterworth, the undersea cable will be a multi-billion-dollar, multi-year investment to strengthen the scale and reliability of the world's digital highways

India's Got Latent row and the challenge of having comedians endorse brands

After the India's Got Latent controversy, agencies say brands are likely to take proactive measures like rigorous vetting of contracts and crisis-management strategies

Sebi seeks broader powers to curb unauthorised financial advice online

The request comes as the regulator has intensified investigations into market violations and clamped down on unregulated financial advice circulating on social media

Ranveer Allahbadia moves Supreme Court over FIRs on controversial remarks

A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, along with Justice Sanjay Kumar, has acknowledged the request made by Ranveer Allahbadia's lawyer

Maha Kumbh 2025: Action taken against 53 social media accounts, says police

Uttar Pradesh Police have initiated legal action against 53 social media accounts over the past month for allegedly spreading misinformation about the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. The crackdown follows Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's directive to curb fake news, with authorities identifying multiple misleading posts, ?including old videos, falsely linked to the event, senior officials said. Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar on Thursday evening said the department formulated a comprehensive strategy, involving continuous cyber patrolling by the Uttar Pradesh Police and expert agencies to monitor and counter misleading posts on social media. On February 13, cyber monitoring revealed two misleading videos falsely linked to the Maha Kumbh. The first video, originating from a fire incident in Egypt, was falsely shared as a blaze at the Maha Kumbh bus stand, with claims that 40-50 vehicles were destroyed. Investigations confirmed that the footage was actually from a pipeline fi

Allahbadia's comments: House panel asks govt to suggest amendments in laws

A parliamentary panel Thursday asked the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to submit a note by February 17 on the amendments needed in existing laws to clamp down on controversial content like the one involving Ranveer Allahbadia amid bipartisan concern from MPs over the issue. At the meeting of the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, members from different parties voiced concern over Allahbadia's crass comments at a YouTube programme and called for stringent measures to punish him and to ensure that such an incident does not recur. Sources said the committee's chairperson and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey shared their concerns at the meeting attended by Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju and other senior ministry officials. The committee later dispatched a communication to Jaju under the subject "review of implementation of laws related to all forms of media", sources said. The letter said, "With the examination of the subject "Review of .

Several injured after car drives into crowd in Munich; driver arrested

A demonstration by the service workers' union was taking place at the time of the incident

Sebi seeks greater access to social media records to curb market violations

This is the second time since 2022 that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has sought such powers, with approval from the government still pending

Highest number of lenses published on Snapchat come from India: Snap CTO

Augmented reality-based social media platform Snapchat has recorded 50 per cent growth in AR developer community in India and registered the highest number of its AR lenses published in the country, a senior official of Snap said on Wednesday. Snap claims to have claims to has more than 375,000 creators worldwide in augmented reality (AR) ecosystem that have built over 4 million AR lenses. "Indian developers are at the forefront of innovation, bringing engaging and creative experiences to life. In fact, among all countries, the highest number of lenses published on Snapchat come from India. And the developer community here has grown by more than half, over the last two years. India is an extraordinary country where AR has become a part of daily life," Snap CTO Bobby Murphy said in a statement. Snapchat users impose effects of lenses available on the app to create different kinds of faces and content. Snap India Managing Director Pulkit Trivedi said India is home to a thriving ...

Influencer Apoorva Mukhija records her statement at Khar police station

After a huge backlash in the recent India's Got Latent controversy, influencer Apoorva Mukhija reached Khar Police station to record her statement

I was nearly sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan: Mark Zuckerberg

On the Joe Rogan Podcast, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke on stricter content controls and the growing regulatory pressures on technology firms worldwide

Meta introduces Instagram for teenagers in India: Check safeguard details

In addition to Teen accounts, Meta is bringing an age verification feature to Instagram to ensure that young users do not misrepresent their age

Who is YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, booked for his controversial remarks?

Ranveer Allahbadia is India's one of the most popular YouTubers and podcast hosts and has received the 'Best YouTube Content of India Award 2023'

Complaint against YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia over controversial remark

Ranveer Allahbadia is joined by Samay Raina on the latter's show 'India's Got Latent' where the former asks an 'indecent question' to a contestant that has attracted criticism over the Internet

British MP slams Bengali signage at London station, Elon Musk backs stance

Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth and a member of Reform UK, shared a photograph of the sign featuring both English and Bengali on his official X account