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Santy Sharma says Cockroach Janata Party 'feels more like internet drama than a serious movement', cautions Indians in strong-worded postRapper Santy Sharma has labelled the "Cockroach Janta Party" as mere internet drama, questioning its founder's past associations and nation...
Nepal Protest: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak tenders his resignation to PM after 19 people died due to violenceNepal's Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak resigned amidst violent protests that resulted in 19 deaths and over 250 injuries nationwide. Prime Min...
South Korean YouTuber Daedo Library found dead at 47, had 1.44 million subscribersNa Dong-hyeon, the popular YouTuber known as Daedo Library with 1.44 million subscribers, was found dead at his Seoul home Friday morning, ...
KingCobraJFS’s net worth: How a musician battled alcoholism, Asperger’s syndrome and still made millionsJoshua Fay Saunders, known as KingCobraJFS, has died at 34. The Natrona County Coroner’s Office confirmed his passing, with family citing h...
British YouTuber fakes death certificate to get flight ticket refundAirlines do not provide refunds for non-refundable tickets except in the case of the passenger’s death. So, Fosh contacted the Principality...
Diddy trial sparks wild theories, and celebs are worried they are next on the listDiddy faced trial with serious charges. He was not guilty of sex trafficking or racketeering. However, he was guilty of transporting women ...
Teenager in Bihar dies after ‘doctor’ performs surgery watching YoutubeA 15-year-old boy died after a failed gallbladder stone removal surgery by a fraudulent doctor in Saran, Bihar. The doctor, Ajit Kumar Puri...
Can death hoaxes change our attitude towards news of death online, with scepticism taking precedence over sadness?The death hoax surrounding Poonam Pandey has intensified public scepticism towards celebrity death news. Karthik Srinivasan, a communicatio...
Israel-Gaza conflict: when social media fakes are rampant, news verification is vitalThe rise of misinformation and fake videos surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict highlights the importance of verification efforts by journ...
Facebook approved ads promoting violence in wake of Brazil riots: reportEarlier this month, thousands of supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the nation's congress, supreme co...
News of Jacob Sartorius's death in car mishap goes viral, but singer claims to be alive on social mediaThe news of singer Jacob Sartorius' death in a vehicle accident seems to be false as he announced on social media that he was alive.
Russia takes steps to punish Google over YouTube 'fakes'Russia's communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking punitive measures against Google, including a ban on advertising the platfo...
Maharashtra Congress questions CBI's 'silence' over probe into death of Sushant Singh RajputRajput, 34, was found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area on June 14, 2020, and the CBI took over the probe i...
View: Why we need a toolkit to tackle the superspreaders of fake newsThe BJP and Congress will come and go, but India needs to wake up to a formidable challenge; the threat of fake news and alternative facts ...
Facebook to develop 'topic exclusion controls' to help advertisers tackle harmful contentAdvertisers have complained for years that social media companies do very little to prevent ads from appearing alongside hate speech, fake ...
Indian Twitter erupts over a controversial account's suspensionSeveral right-wing accounts took to Twitter calling for a ban of the social media platform in India unless it reinstated the True Indology ...
How info-warriors in rural India are busting fake newsThe sheer volume of online information makes it impossible for the few "fact-checking" organisations to flag all viral fake news reports
Sushant death probe: Mumbai police arrests Delhi-based lawyer for spreading 'fake theories'The Mumbai crime branch's cyber cell nabbed Vibhor Anand from his residence.
The strange, sometimes sinister conspiracy theories on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death that flourished on social mediaMost of these theories have since been mainstreamed in various news channels — both on television and those who exclusively operate on the ...
Mumbai Police sends notice to YouTube, others for spreading 'fake and false information'Confirming the development, Mumbai police commissioner, Param Bir Singh told ET that the respondents have been asked to join the probe in t...