The decision was taken in view of the prevailing law and order situation, amid concerns that anti-social elements could misuse social media...

The government has blocked more than 1,400 web links for spreading fake news. This action was part of Operation Sindoor. The Fact Check Uni...

He attributed recent panic buying to "false narratives" and "unnecessary alarm," urging the public to rely on verified information and avoi...

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter came under immense pressure to tackle misinformation related to the pandemic, including...

Facebook has long been under heavy pressure to prevent its platform from being used to spread misinformation.

The papers show in granular detail that Facebook knows it dominates the arenas it considers central to its fortunes — contradicting its own...

According to the research report cited by WSJ, most users considered Facebook responsible for moderating this content.

India, with over 530 million users, according to government data, is the largest market in terms of users for Facebook. In contrast, the US...

While US President Joe Biden hit out at Facebook and other social media platforms last month, alleging they were killing people through mis...

A serious threat in online settings is that fake news spreads faster than verified and validated news from credible sources.

US President Joe Biden has hit out at Facebook again, saying that such social media platforms are allowing Covid vaccine misinformation to ...

The social networking giant has removed over 12 million pieces of "harmful" misinformation on Covid-19 globally from Instagram and its own ...

Other fact checkers said while Facebook has not issued any new guidelines or instructions to Indian fact checkers for the US elections and ...

It has been employing content moderators to review posts for misinformation and hate speech.

Facebook says it will also direct people who engaged with those posts to information about virus myths debunked by the World Health Organiz...

Google, Facebook and other platforms are struggling to keep ahead of scammers, trolls, and others with ill intent who routinely use major t...

Facebook has a three-pronged agenda which revolves around partnership, transparency and co-regulation, besides involving the civil society.