False News

Facebook announces a 'three-pronged strategy' to fight fake news; releases a 12-min clip explaining its fight against misinformation

Facebook's new strategy includes removing content that violates policies, reducing distribution of fake content and informing people by giving them context

Facebook announces a 'third-party fact-checking program' in India for fighting fake news

Facebook os starting the partnership with BOOM as “it is one of the only two fact checkers in the country” that has been certified by Poynter Institute.

Twitter to prevent users from posting identical messages from multiple accounts in a crackdown on false news

Twitter said it would give users until 23 March to comply before suspending accounts. It made an exception for bots of broad interest such as earthquake alerts.

Las Vegas shooting: Facebook safety-check feature found to be promoting alt-right news

After the attack, Facebook had activated the Safety Check option. Following this, far-right groups began circulating information about a certain Geary Danley.

Facebook initiates offline campaign in India to raise awareness about fake news

In April, Facebook had said it was "building, testing and iterating on new products to identify and limit the spread of false news".

Facebook to expand Related Articles feature in other countries to counter fake news

The feature is rolling out in the US, Germany, France and the Netherlands, because Facebook already has partner fact checkers in those countries.

Facebook not arbiter of truth, says COO Sheryl Sandberg

Facebook has been making efforts to tackle the proliferation of misinformation on its platform.

Paris may sue Fox News for false reports of Muslim ‘no-go zones’

The city of Paris said Tuesday it plans to sue U.S. TV network Fox News for reports that there were “no-go zones” in the French capital that police and non-Muslims avoid.

Assam CID to probe Rape Festival article by US website

CID additional superintendent of police Nirmal Baishya told PTI that investigations have revealed that the article was sourced from Uganda and the website is hosted in Houston in the US.

Al Jazeera’s mobile news service hacked

Al Jazeera news network's mobile service was hacked today, as per a report by AFP.