Fake News

Here’s what it will take to win the battle against fake news

Girish Shahane
· Feb 21, 2019 · 07:30 am
As CRPF mourns its dead, it also fights fake news: ‘Our jawans did not die to spark communal hatred’

Nivedita Niranjankumar, BoomLive.in
· Feb 20, 2019 · 12:30 pm
From old videos to doctored photos, a barrage of fake news floods social media after Pulwama attack

Archis Chowdhury, Boomlive.in
· Feb 18, 2019 · 08:48 pm
Why photo of Jaish commander being used by media is similar to Bon Jovi’s – it was made with an app

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in
· Feb 18, 2019 · 08:35 pm
Your Morning Fix: Priyanka Gandhi’s UP debut, angel tax, explained and Piyush Goyal’s need for speed

Scroll Staff
· Feb 12, 2019 · 06:30 am
Fact check: Rail minister Piyush Goyal posts speeded-up train video to show development is zooming

Pratik Sinha, AltNews.in
· Feb 10, 2019 · 09:53 pm
Deepfake videos aren’t just tools for harassment – they could undermine trust in society

Garfield Benjamin, The Conversation
· Feb 10, 2019 · 09:30 pm
NaMo App promotes fake news factory ‘The India Eye’ and users can’t block it even if they want to

Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in
· Feb 07, 2019 · 07:09 pm
Political parties are ‘abusing’ WhatsApp ahead of Lok Sabha elections, official tells Reuters

Scroll Staff
· Feb 06, 2019 · 08:11 pm
Facebook takes down another influence campaign from Iran that targeted Indians

Aria Thaker, qz.com
· Feb 02, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Is Narendra Modi’s NaMo app spreading fake news? A journalist finds a troubling pattern

Aria Thaker, qz.com
· Jan 29, 2019 · 01:30 pm
Fact check: No, school children in Kerala did not hoist Islamic flags on Republic Day

Alt News
· Jan 28, 2019 · 08:26 pm
Pakistani comedian’s fake profile of US woman takes some for a ride and gently exposes hypocrisies

Scroll Staff
· Jan 28, 2019 · 02:58 pm
WhatsApp to bar all users from forwarding messages to more than five recipients at a time

Scroll Staff
· Jan 21, 2019 · 05:18 pm
Election Commission asks Delhi Police to investigate fake Lok Sabha poll schedule on social media

Scroll Staff
· Jan 18, 2019 · 07:43 am
Fact check: Did Rahul Gandhi claim Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas of non-violence were inspired by Islam?

Alt News
· Jan 15, 2019 · 09:15 am
Fact check: Was Rahul Gandhi really stumped by a teenage girl’s query in Dubai as viral post claims?

Alt News
· Jan 14, 2019 · 12:00 pm
Fact check: Did Rahul Gandhi eat beef at a £1,500 breakfast in Dubai?

Nivedita Niranjankumar, BoomLive.in
· Jan 13, 2019 · 10:50 am
A joke about the origins of pani puri becomes an unlikely fake news experiment

Scroll Staff
· Jan 06, 2019 · 05:34 pm
In Telangana, an ancient storytelling tradition is helping the police fight fake news on WhatsApp

Vishwaveer Singh
· Jan 05, 2019 · 11:30 am