While there is so much infiltrating our everyday lives, little humane gestures restores our faith in mankind. In one such instance, Congress legislator Roji M John visited a hearing and speech- impaired man who was trolled as the “first drunkard on Kochi Metro” by people on social media, reported Hindustan[Read More…]
Tag: Fake news
Fake news to shut an Indian eatery in UK
A fake news could force to shut down an Indian eatery in the UK. This comes after a fake news report which said that it served human meat went viral on Facebook earlier this week. Users can then post the article directly on Facebook. Shinra Begum, the owner of ‘KarriTwist’ in[Read More…]
How are we ruining India’s future by trolling & faking it
This is no regular blog. This is an intervention. A serious one at that. You really need to stop. Stop whatever you have been doing all this while and think for a second what have we become? And, what are we trying to become in the future? A few years[Read More…]
SIT gives clean chit to BJP MLA Sangeet Som
Google introduces fact check feature to spot fake news
Najeeb’s mother sends legal notice for false reporting
A vaccine can help you keep off fake news and misinformation
As the fake news toll rises across the globe, researchers have come up with a solution to help keep the mass off misinformation. Scientists have developed a latest psychological “vaccine” to immunise the public against the damaging “virus” of fake news and misinformation on websites and social media. In medicine,[Read More…]
Syrian UN Ambassador uses fake photo at council to positively portray army
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations reportedly used an old photo taken in Iraq in attempt to convince the UN Security council that Syrian forces are not mistreating civilians, ABC News reported. By holding up the photo of a soldier providing help to a woman, Syrian ambassador Bashar Jaafari said[Read More…]
Facebook adds option to report fake news
Complaints about fake news have been dominating in the cyber world since Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in the US presidential elections. Many researchers, politicians and activists have attributed Hillary’s failure to the fake news article that flooded in social media websites, especially Facebook. Finally, Facebook had decided to[Read More…]
Stop relying on Facebook for news: Whistleblower Edward Snowden
In the wake of unexpected results in the US elections, many people were criticizing Facebook for not censoring fake news articles that could have impacted the popular votes. But, the former NSA employee-turned whistle blower Edward Snowden said fake news site wasn’t the real issue. Speaking at Fusion’s Real Future[Read More…]