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On 21 October, the investigation became a country-wide case, potentially covering every news channel in India investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] TV Today Network Ltd ( Aaj Tak and India Today ) was fined 5 lakh by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for viewership manipulation. [ 15 ]
The damage caused due to fake news on social media has increased due to the growth of the internet penetration in India, which has risen from 137 million internet users in 2012 to over 600 million in 2019. [80] Fake news is also spread through Twitter. and Meta technologies from Facebook [81] [82] [83] and WhatsApp. [84] [85] [86]
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
The news is to be published in such a way that if the reader is a Hindu, then he starts developing hatred for Muslims." [ 34 ] In April 2020, Bharti blamed the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in India on Muslim " martyrdom " in an OpIndia video that was disseminated among Hindutva -oriented WhatsApp groups. [ 15 ]
Fake news website that has published claims about the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 reappearing, a billionaire wanting to recruit 1,000 women to bear his children, and an Adam Sandler death hoax. [173] [174] [175] LiveMonitor livemonitor.co.za Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133] lockerdome.com
The top news channel spot was taken over by DD India, a public service broadcaster, in February 2019, according to the Indian newspaper Mint. [ 27 ] The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) subsequently lodged a complaint with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India accusing the group of using unethical tactics for high viewership.
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Times Now is an English-language news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters. [1] [2] It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel. [3] [4] [5]