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Tag: Fake News

Crackdown on Fake News Spreaders :34 Booked in Punjab

(Chd,Pb)Crackdown on Fake News Spreaders :34 Booked in Punjab
Sedition case was registered on Friday against a Ludhiana resident
. As per DGP Dinkar Gupta , police have registered 34 cases so far, of which 27 were lodged between March 21 and April 6.
The Ludhiana resident had allegedly misled people about the availability of critical medical equipment besides “spreading hatred” against the state government
The DGP had earlier this month constituted a special team headed by a ADGP-ranked officer to monitor all social media platforms to check any instance of fake news or information.

Rahul, Twitter CEO Discuss Ways to Tackle Fake News

[New Delhi]Rahul, Twitter CEO Discuss Ways to Tackle Fake News
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday met Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and said the website co-founder explained to him the steps being taken to tackle fake news.
Gandhi, taking to Twitter, said Dorsey “dropped in” to chat Monday morning.
“Twitter has grown into the most dominant ‘conversations’ platform globally. Jack explained some of the steps being taken to keep those conversations healthy and to tackle the menace of fake news,” he tweeted.
The Congress chief also put out his pictures with the Twitter chief on his account on the microblogging site.