Pakistan lost control of its Frankenstein monster of terrorism which has returned to haunt it: India at UNIndia addressed the United Nations, highlighting Pakistan's failure to control terrorism it once sponsored. The Indian representative criti...
08 Oct, 2026, 08.29 AM IST
Brazil fines TikTok $30 million in 'powerful signal' over child safetyBrazil's data protection agency on Tuesday fined TikTok nearly $30 million for failing to implement child safety measures in what it said w...
26 Aug, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
AI fakes about Iran-US war swirl on X despite policy crackdownElon Musk's X is struggling to control AI-generated war videos. Lifelike deepfakes showing captured soldiers and destroyed cities are circu...
15 Mar, 2026, 07.03 AM IST
AI-generated disinformation tactics spotted ahead of COP30A clip said to show massive flooding in the Amazonian city hosting the UN climate summit is just one widely-shared example of how disinform...
06 Nov, 2025, 03.45 PM IST
Indonesia urges TikTok, Meta to act against harmful online contentIndonesia has summoned Meta, TikTok and other platforms, demanding stronger content moderation amid rising disinformation online. The gover...
28 Aug, 2025, 08.16 AM IST
Govt debunks claims of suicide attack on Army brigade in Rajouri, other disinformationThe government has debunked several false claims circulating on social media, including a supposed suicide attack on an Army brigade in Raj...
09 May, 2025, 10.01 AM IST
US spy agencies issue new warning on Russia's election misinformation campaignU.S. intelligence agencies have identified Russia behind two new fake videos claiming illegal Haitian votes in Georgia and bribery involvin...
02 Nov, 2024, 07.27 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
Russians behind fake video of ballots being destroyed, US officials sayRussian actors were behind a viral video falsely showing mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in the swing state of Pennsylvani...
26 Oct, 2024, 04.36 PM IST
Russia is behind viral disinformation targeting Tim Walz, intelligence official saysU.S. officials confirmed Russian groups spread disinformation against Democratic candidate Tim Walz, linking it to previous efforts involvi...
23 Oct, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
All about deepfake tech: AI-powered videos intensify debate on disinformation epidemicThe government stepped in with an advisory to major social media companies to identify misinformation, deepfakes and other content that vio...
11 Nov, 2023, 01.51 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
Google terminates thousands of accounts pushing Chinese disinformationGoogle's Threat Analysis Group has terminated thousands of accounts associated with a group known as "Dragonbridge" or "Spamouflage Dragon"...
30 Jan, 2023, 06.05 PM IST
Disinformation stalks Rahul Gandhi on trans-India trekGandhi, 52, is due to end his 3,500-kilometre (2,175-mile) journey next week, but the trek has attracted little attention from mainstream I...
27 Jan, 2023, 05.57 PM IST
Fact checkers suggest a four-step fix to YouTube’s misinformation problemFact checkers from over 40 countries have sent a letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, urging her to take at least four steps to stop the c...
13 Jan, 2022, 05.13 AM IST
Fact-checkers from India, elsewhere urge YouTube CEO to act against disinformationBOOM, Fact Crescendo, Factly, NewsMobile, The Healthy Indian Project (THIP), The Logical Indian and Vishvas News were among the Indian fact...
12 Jan, 2022, 07.44 PM IST
Moody's says deepfake disinformation campaigns pose reputational risks to businessesIt said AI disinformation campaigns, in contrast, will take longer to disprove as the technology is improving quickly.
02 Aug, 2019, 02.20 PM IST