-IANS The training told users to differentiate between rumours and opinions; shared subsequent steps to tackle instances of false news and tips to stay safe on WhatsApp. Jaipur: Aiming to address the challenge of misinformation during the upcomimg Rajasthan Assembly polls, WhatsApp today conducted training for community leaders in Jaipur, in partnership with the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), the Facebook-owned mobile messaging platform said. The education workshop encouraged WhatsApp users to see...
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Ayushman Bharat: FIR against owners of 89 websites spreading false information -Astha Saxena
-The Indian Express The agency had reported the matter to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, requesting them to shut these websites down. The National Health Agency (NHA), the apex body implementing the Ayushman Bharat Health Protection Scheme (AB-NHPM) has identified 89 Fake websites and mobile applications providing false information about the scheme and lodged an FIR against owners/developers of these websites and applications. According to officials, these websites and applications have been...
More »Pro-Modi posts account for major chunk of Fake news: BBC report
-The New Indian Express The conference also included a play by Theatre Nisha, highlighting the simple yet compulsive ways misinformation is spread on social media and advertising. CHENNAI: A British Broadcasting Corporation report on Fake news in the country suggests that pro-Modi political activity and Fake news overlap, suggesting that the ruling party is actively and effectively peddling Fake news about Prime Minister Narendra Modi across social media platforms such as Twitter,...
More »It's real: Researchers develop Fake-O-Meter to tackle Fake news -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line The solution, developed at IIIT-H, is based on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Hyderabad: Not every message in your WhatsApp groups or on your Twitter and Facebook timelines is true. Far from the truth, the news reports, images and videos may well be a figment of someone’s imagination, and have the ability to trigger tensions. With the Fake news menace virtually going out of control, researchers at the International Institute...
More »Fake currency network intact -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu But forensic reports say notes are of poor quality, security features not copied Two years after demonetisation, the Fake currency notes seized so far are not of a high quality, a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found. Another Home Ministry official said the network of same Fake currency operators was still intact as two years ago, that pushed Fake notes from the Bangladesh border. But there was not...
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