India has been victim of terror acts perpetrated by Pakistan through groups such as JeM: New Delhi tells UNSCIndia's envoy to the UN criticized Pakistan for being a hub of terrorism and accused it of supporting cross-border terrorist groups like Ja...
19 Feb, 2025, 10.46 AM IST
Regulating online hate speech 'not censorship': UN rights chiefThe UN rights chief declared that regulating online hate speech and harmful content is not censorship. Meta recently announced it would rem...
10 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
UN head says social media, AI fuelling 'worst human impulses'UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that unchecked social media and AI amplify hate speech, leading to violence. He highlighted th...
26 Nov, 2024, 06.17 PM IST
India slams Pakistan for 'peddling lies' on KashmirAt the UN General Assembly, India criticized Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue, calling it "disinformation and misinformation." India ...
07 Nov, 2024, 12.42 AM IST
Mischievous provocation & political propaganda: India slams Pakistan at UNSCIndia strongly criticizes Pakistan's accusations at a UN Security Council meeting, highlighting the poor conditions of women in minority co...
26 Oct, 2024, 07.33 PM IST
UN chief tells consumer tech firms: own the harm your products causeU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demands accountability from tech giants for the harm caused by their products and social media plat...
25 Jun, 2024, 10.17 AM IST
UNGA President invokes Gandhi to call for protection of journalistsUN General Assembly President Dennis Francis underscores the importance of protecting press freedom, journalists, and media workers worldwi...
04 May, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
Macron, Zelenskyy to take part in WEF Davos meet; Smriti Irani, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Puri to represent IndiaOver 2,800 leaders, including Indian ministers and chief ministers, are gathering in Davos for the 54th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting...
14 Jan, 2024, 02.47 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
Big Tech drags feet on climate disinformation, advocates warnClimate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of more than 50 advocacy groups and businesses, released the report on Wednesday ...
20 Sep, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
WHO chief: The COVID pandemic is 'most certainly not over'The U.N. health agency's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told officials gathered in Geneva for opening of the WHO's annual me...
22 May, 2022, 10.22 PM IST
India, despite severe constraints, tried to ‘walk the talk' on vaccine equity: India at UNIndia urged the Department to also "suitably highlight the efforts of Member States, international organisations, and vaccine producers, wh...
29 Apr, 2021, 11.45 AM 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
Disinformation being used to interfere in internal affairs of countries: IndiaAddressing the Arria-formula meeting on media freedom in Belarus organised by the Estonian Permanent Mission on Friday, India's Deputy Perm...
25 Jan, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
India pulls up Pakistan for using UN platform for spreading anti-India rhetoricDuring the High-Level Forum on the Culture of Peace on Thursday, India called the Pakistani attempt “unfortunate” and said, “We have witnes...
11 Sep, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
India calls for collaboration between nations and tech companies to check misinformation"The pandemic has demonstrated the existential dilemma of an information society. We have been exposed to misinformation and disinformation...
11 Sep, 2020, 01.13 PM 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