In Iran, A drug has done more harm than coronavirus. The name of the drug is methanol. It started with Fake News on social media. Separate posts claimed that methanol eliminates coronavirus. People started giving it to corona victims and the result has …
A picture of the ongoing protests at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is going viral on social media, in which Delhi Police personnel are seen running sticks on a girl. This picture turned out to be misleading in the investigation . This …
New Delhi : A picture is going viral on social media (Facebook). In this picture, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is seen holding a bottle of wine. This picture is being claimed that Arvind Kejriwal is drinking alcohol in the …
The usage of whatsapp in India is constantly increasing. Over the past few days, whatsapp has been in the midst of criticisms of Fake News, messages and photos. Many times, incidents like Mob Lynching in India have also emerged about …
Facebook has just eliminated several disinformation campaigns related to Russia and Iran. On Tuesday, the social network announced that it had eliminated 2,632 Facebook pages, groups and accounts that “engaged in coordinated inauthentic behaviour” on both Facebook and Instagram. The …
WhatsApp is on the offensive. On Wednesday in New Delhi, WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, held a press conference to share how it is addressing false accounts and the dissemination of misinformation on its platform of 1.5 billion users. The conference …
WhatsApp continues to intensify the fight against Fake news, this time by setting its sights on visual misinformation. The Facebook-owned messaging application is currently testing a new “search image” feature that allows users to easily upload an image that is …
The Russian trolls have been busy. Facebook said in a blog post published on Thursday that it removed more than 500 Facebook accounts, pages and Instagram profiles linked to Russia for “inauthentic coordinated behavior.” That means misrepresenting the true identity …