Don’t believe or forward social media messages without verifying them, says Rajnath Singh

The home minister said anti-social elements were using social media like WhatsApp to ‘foment trouble in society’.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 18, 2017 · 05:55 pm

Time magazine asks Trump organisation to remove fake covers displayed at his golf clubs

The photoshopped image praising Trump on the cover was spotted by a Washington Post reporter when he was visiting one of Trump’s properties.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 28, 2017 · 12:53 pm

The Malmedy trial: How a sustained effort to uphold truth trumped fake news in 1949

Competent professionals confronted false stories about torture by US Army officers during investigations into the Malmady massacre.

Steven P Remy

· May 26, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Facebook puts out newspapers ads to teach people how to spot fake news as UK elections approach

The ‘10 tips to spot misinformation’ appeared in The Times, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph among others.

Scroll Staff

· May 08, 2017 · 11:06 am

Facebook’s new anti-fake news strategy is not going to work – but something else might

Facebook has a new, depressingly incompetent strategy for tackling fake news.

Paul Ralph, The Conversation

· May 01, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Dossier on Russia-Trump ties poses questions about journalistic verification in the era of fake news

Buzzfeed is being damned for publishing unverified and salacious information about the president-elect, raising questions about media ethics in a digital world.

Ivor Gaber, The Conversation

· Jan 14, 2017 · 11:30 pm

If UNESCO had a 'best rumour of the year' award, these would be the nominees for 2016

From Modi's best prime minister award to the GPS-enabled Rs 2,000 note, a roundup of fake news that did the rounds of WhatsApp and social media this year.

Alison Saldanha, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 27, 2016 · 06:32 pm

Why people fall for 'fake news' and what can be done to counter it

Media misinformation is hardly new. But social media amplifies it and makes it harder to correct.

Simeon Yates, The Conversation

· Dec 15, 2016 · 03:30 pm

What can the spread of German propaganda in India during WWII tell us about fake news today?

When cynicism and mistrust run high, manipulative and fake news and rumours gain currency.

Isabel Huacuja Alonso

· Dec 11, 2016 · 07:30 am