Facebook user who spread fake news of Tripura CM’s divorce sent to three-day police custody

Anupam Paul was arrested by a special team of Tripura Police Crime Branch in New Delhi on June 10.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 17, 2019 · 09:56 am

As girl is murdered in Aligarh, social media rumours fuel the outrage

The victim was not raped, the police clarified.

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

· Jun 07, 2019 · 09:23 am

How an IAS officer’s sarcastic tweet about Gandhi’s killer became the target of mistaken outrage

Despite her clarifications mainstream media continued to misreport the matter, even as politicians called for administrative action against her.

AltNews.in

· Jun 05, 2019 · 02:59 pm

Hit by a spate of malicious viral videos, Gujarat school struggles to stop falling admissions

In two years, clips showing violence against children from across the world have been falsely attributed to RMVM School in Valsad.

Nivedita Niranjankumar, BoomLive.in

· Jun 05, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Fact check: Video in which kids abuse Modi as Priyanka Gandhi looks on has been maliciously clipped

It fails to show Gandhi asking the children to stop when they shout an obscene slogan.

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

· May 01, 2019 · 07:55 pm

Tripura: Journalist, constable arrested for sharing Facebook post about rumours of CM’s divorce

They will be produced in court on Monday.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 29, 2019 · 01:00 pm

Tripura: FIR filed against man for allegedly spreading rumours of chief minister’s divorce

The police are yet to arrest Anupam Paul.

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· Apr 26, 2019 · 10:38 pm

‘Behave responsibly’: TikTok is asking Indians to guard against fake news this election season

The viral video app now displays a public service announcement when a user searches for political hashtags.

Aria Thaker, qz.com

· Apr 13, 2019 · 01:30 pm

A pro-Modi Facebook group with 2.9 million members has become a hotbed of fake news

Fake quotes, photoshopped tweets, videos with false context – this page has them all.

Karen Rebelo, Boomlive.in

· Apr 12, 2019 · 08:30 pm

More fact-checking, dedicated teams: Facebook details strategy to curb misinformation during polls

The social media giant said it is blocking or removing about one million accounts a day.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 08, 2019 · 09:50 pm

Twitter refuses to carry France government campaign fearing country’s new fake news law

The French government wanted to run sponsored tweets to encourage voters to sign up for the European Parliamentary elections.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 03, 2019 · 10:26 pm

WhatsApp launches new fact-checking service to fight fake news ahead of elections

Users can send a message to the Checkpoint Tipline, which will respond by classifying it as true or false, said the company.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 02, 2019 · 10:21 pm