How Google Ads is funding misinformation around the world

Websites infamous for spreading fake news have been earning thousands of dollars from Google Ads.

Craig Silverman, ProPublica

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Ruth Talbot, ProPublica

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Anna Klühspies, ProPublica

· Nov 14, 2022 · 01:30 pm

How Hindu-Muslim tensions in Leicester were fanned by fake news from India

The unrest in the UK showed the power of unchecked social media to spread disinformation and stir violence far away, experts said.

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

· Oct 06, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Bengaluru court tells social media platforms to take down photo with false claims about SC judges

Posts had falsely claimed that two persons in the photograph were judges Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala, part of a bench that came down heavily on Nupur Sharma.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 13, 2022 · 11:49 am

Chennai: Case against BJP functionary for spreading misinformation, posting defamatory content

The Tamil Nadu youth wing president put up a caricature of the Chief Minister MK Stalin overseeing the ‘demolition’ of temples in the state.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 28, 2022 · 05:23 pm

Fact check: Did VD Savarkar write mercy petitions on Gandhi’s advice, as Rajnath Singh claimed?

There is no literature in the public domain to suggest this.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Oct 14, 2021 · 07:30 am

What the EU NGO report claiming to have uncovered a 15-year Indian disinformation campaign tells us

While the report showed no evidence that the Indian government played a role, it alleges that the disinformation was ‘amplified’ by the ANI news agency.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 10, 2020 · 07:00 pm

Ladakh clash: Times Now falls for fake WhatsApp list naming 30 dead Chinese soldiers

The channel cited China-based Global Times as its source.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Jun 18, 2020 · 03:45 pm

Amit Malviya’s fake news fountain: 16 pieces of misinformation spread by the BJP IT cell chief

Since he is the official head of the Hindutva party’s online propaganda machine, his false claims have a dangerous ripple effect.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Feb 10, 2020 · 05:46 pm

National Conference to approach Speaker after PM sources Omar Abdullah ‘quote’ from ‘Faking News’

National Conference leader Imran Dar said the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister had not made the controversial comment attributed to him by Narendra Modi.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 08, 2020 · 03:10 pm

Modi quotes satirical website ‘Faking News’ to attack former J&K CM Omar Abdullah in Parliament

On Thursday, Abdullah's detention was extended as he was booked under the draconian Public Safety Act.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Feb 07, 2020 · 07:34 am

Fact check: Is this JNU attacker from the Left, as claimed by state-controlled Prasar Bharti?

Alt News has found that the assaulter, wearing red, is an ABVP member and the man who was assaulted, in green, is a member of AISA.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

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Pratik Sinha, AltNews.in

· Jan 07, 2020 · 06:30 pm

PIB sets up fact-checking unit to tackle spread of fake news related to government

The government urged the public to send across any information that they wanted verified.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 29, 2019 · 05:44 pm