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Fake news and similar false information (misinformation or disinformation [1]) is fostered and spread across India through word of mouth, traditional media and more recently through digital forms of communication such as edited videos, websites, blogs, memes, unverified advertisements and social media propagated rumours.
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.
For the year up to 14 November, 999 fake threats were recorded, ten times more compared to the previous year. [29] An Air India flight traveling from Mumbai to New York was diverted to New Delhi when a note was discovered in the lavatory of the flight with the message: 'BOMB THIS FLIGHT'.
Within 24 hours, one of Facebook Inc's fact-checking partners in India, BOOM, exposed Dandiya's video as fake. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two weeks after a suicide bombing in Kashmir in February ...
Pages in category "Fake news in India" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Within 24 hours, one of Facebook Inc's fact-checking partners in India, BOOM, exposed Dandiya's video as fake. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two weeks after a suicide bombing in Kashmir in February ...
Republic Bangla produced a fake news on 6 November 2024, where the news anchor was seen claiming that the chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has fled to France following Donald Trump's reelection as the president of the United States in 2024. The anchor was then joined by the channel's senior editor Anirban Sinha, who corroborated the false claim ...
The government wants social media users monitored and fake news identified and the Information and Broadcasting Ministry in April invited bids from companies to do that. India's social media ...