China, Pakistan 'launch' Operation Disinformation on Rafale after India's terror strikesFrench sources report a disinformation campaign against the Rafale fighter jet. China and Pakistan are actively involved. Fake news and vid...
07 Jun, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Cyber hackers launched 650 attacks on Indian infrastructure between May 7–10: ReportThe cyber assault by Pakistan-aligned actors began on April 17, weeks before India's counterterrorism strikes under Operation Sindoor. Quic...
23 May, 2025, 09.06 PM IST
India slips to 3rd place on trust barometer; low-income group less trusting than richer counterpartsIndia has slipped to third place in trust in government, businesses, media, and NGOs, with low-income individuals being less trusting than ...
20 Jan, 2025, 10.51 AM IST
Blogs to Bluesky: social media shifts responses after 2004 tsunamiThe world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have s...
24 Dec, 2024, 08.21 AM IST
Few AI deepfakes identified in EU elections, Microsoft president saysBrad Smith, vice chairman of Microsoft, announced Microsoft's plan to invest 33.7 billion Swedish crowns ($3.21 billion) to expand its clou...
03 Jun, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Generative AI faces major test as Indonesia holds largest election since boomThe general elections on Feb. 14 in Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, offer a glimpse of how generative AI may transform larg...
08 Feb, 2024, 08.55 AM IST
Election wave and AI disinformation raise stakes in 2024With elections due in countries representing half the world's population and new technologies turbo-charging disinformation, 2024 will be a...
19 Jan, 2024, 12.05 PM IST
AI-powered misinformation top threat: WEFIn its latest Global Risks Report, the organisation also said an array of environmental risks pose the biggest threats in the longer term. ...
10 Jan, 2024, 11.30 PM IST
Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before electionsWith elections due in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the coming weeks, misinformation is rife on social media platforms, with...
03 Jan, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to misleadWhile most of the false claims circulating online about the war didn't require AI to create and came from more conventional sources, techno...
29 Nov, 2023, 03.39 PM IST
Israel-Hamas war: 'Dire' disinformation spreads globallyAs the war in Middle East intensifies, social media has been able to spread disinformation around the country. The conflict, which has kill...
31 Oct, 2023, 05.51 PM IST
Time ticking for TikTok to review its policyTikTok, the social media video-sharing platform, has faced criticism for failing to remove harmful content during Malaysia's 2022 General E...
26 Jun, 2023, 01.58 PM IST
G7, India and 4 other countries pledge to protect free speechThe joint statement came amidst allegations that the Indian government was stifling the freedom of speech and the civil society actors. The...
28 Jun, 2022, 01.59 PM IST
G20 leaders vow to take steps to boost supply of Covid vaccines in developing countries"Recognising that vaccines are among the most important tools against the pandemic, and reaffirming that extensive COVID-19 immunization is...
31 Oct, 2021, 11.10 PM IST
Facebook expanding climate info hub in battle against misinformation, will debunk myths for usersThe hub will rely on climate communication experts from George Mason University, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the U...
19 Feb, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
India, with 12 nations, leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that apart from fighting the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the world is also seeing a "dangerous...
14 Jun, 2020, 11.18 AM IST
View: The wrong way to fight fake news ahead of electionsCountries aren’t going to be able to resist manipulation, however, if they undermine the very rights that make them strongest.
18 Mar, 2019, 07.28 AM IST