China weaponises Taiwan’s own voices in escalating information warChina is using social media platforms like Douyin to spread messages from Taiwanese opposition figures. These clips are then shared on plat...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
EU looks to Big Tech, influencers to fight hybrid threats, fake newsAlphabet's Google, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Elon Musk's X, TikTok and other online platforms already have to do more to tackle illegal an...
12 Nov, 2025, 05.47 PM IST
Union home minister Amit Shah asks IB to stay ready for 'challenges of future'Union home minister Amit Shah emphasizes the ongoing threat of divisive forces in India. He highlights the disruptive potential of modern t...
24 Dec, 2024, 12.37 AM 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
How Russia, China and Iran are interfering in the US presidential electionForeign disinformation campaigns from Russia, China, and Iran in U.S. elections have become more advanced and difficult to trace. They targ...
29 Oct, 2024, 09.49 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
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
Word war: In Russia-Ukraine war, information became a weaponThe online fight has played out on computer screens and smartphones around the globe as Russia used disinformation, propaganda and conspira...
23 Feb, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
Big Tech not doing enough to remove fake news, says activist NGO AvaazThe companies are due to present reports this week on the measures they have taken to comply with the updated EU code of practice on disinf...
07 Feb, 2023, 11.26 AM IST
How the Biden White House is fighting Russian disinformationUnlike its European allies, the White House is not directly pushing the giant U.S.-based tech and social media companies that control the f...
04 Mar, 2022, 10.28 PM IST
Why even artificial intelligence cannot stop the spread of fake newsNew technological solutions, unfortunately, may not be a silver bullet.
29 Nov, 2021, 06.20 PM IST
‘They’re killing people’: Biden denounces social media for virus disinformationBiden’s forceful statement capped weeks of anger in the White House over the dissemination of vaccine disinformation online, even as the pa...
17 Jul, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
COVID conspiracy shows vast reach of Chinese disinformationThe Pew Research Center found, for example, that one in three Americans believed the new coronavirus had been created in a lab; one in four...
15 Feb, 2021, 11.40 AM IST
NATO must devote more time, action to counter security challenges posed by China: ReportThe report has stated that the internal political differences are "dangerous" as they help the "external actors, and in particular Russia a...
06 Dec, 2020, 06.19 PM IST
European Union needs long-term plan to tackle 5G fake news, 15 EU countries say in joint callConspiracy theories that the novel coronavirus may be linked to the wireless technology have led to the torching of mobile phone masts in 1...
19 Oct, 2020, 12.57 PM IST
Facebook, Twitter, Google to report monthly on fake news fight, EU saysFacebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesda...
10 Jun, 2020, 11.56 PM IST
Facebook takes down Trump 2020 campaign's 'Census' adsThe ads, hundreds of which were run through the pages of the president and Vice President Mike Pence, link to a survey on an official campa...
06 Mar, 2020, 11.41 PM IST