Malaysia okays 6-year jail term for fake news
Kuala Lumpur : The Malaysian government has pushed a law through Parliament that makes "fake news" punishable by a maximum six-year...
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Journalist bodies flay Centre over fake news order
New Delhi : Several journalist associations on Tuesday attacked a central government order that threatened to take away the accreditation of...
Rahul targets PM over I&B Ministry’s ‘fake news’ order
New Delhi : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over an order - subsequently...
Modi withdraws order threatening scribes over fake news
New Delhi : After widespread criticism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday withdrew within hours his government's order that threatened...
Egypt launches WhatsApp hotline for reporting fake news
Cairo : To curb fake news, Egypt has announced a new hotline for citizens that will run on WhatsApp and will...
Facebook realises Internet can harm democracy
San Francisco, Jan 23 : Facebook, which is striving hard to make its platform sanitised from fake news and echo...
Twitter, Facebook asked to disclose more information on fake news
San Francisco, Jan 12 : Shareholders of Facebook and Twitter have asked the social media platforms to disclose more information...
