Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor reaches criticality, boosts India’s nuclear programme: Dr SC ChetalA key figure in India’s fast breeder nuclear programme has highlighted the significance of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achiev...
04 May, 2026, 05.50 AM IST
A foreign degree at zero cost? These scholarship strategies can turn your dream of overseas education into fully funded studySecuring prestigious scholarships for studying abroad requires more than just academic merit; it demands years of dedicated groundwork and ...
02 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
The only valuation formula Warren Buffett ever used, and why most investors get it wrongIn a letter to shareholders, Buffett dismantled one of investing's most persistent false dichotomies: "Value" vs "growth". He contended tha...
23 Apr, 2026, 09.44 PM IST
What are Karnataka’s AI-focussed responsible social media, digital safety rules?Karnataka’s proposed digital safety bill seeks to tighten social media regulation with AI-led moderation, mandatory labelling of synthetic ...
12 Apr, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
Meta to end US fact-checking programme on MondayMeta will end its US fact-checking programme on Monday, replacing it with Community Notes to provide context to misleading posts. Inspired ...
05 Apr, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
Meta scraps third-party fact-checking: Reddit co-founder calls it ‘pragmatic’ moveMeta is replacing its third-party fact-checking programme with a community-based system similar to that used on X. The decision was announc...
27 Feb, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
Meta policy reversal puts question mark on future of fact-checkingMedia outlets face uncertainty as Meta halts its US fact-checking program, ending a critical revenue stream for many organisations. Meta's ...
10 Jan, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
This is cool: Elon Musk on Mark Zuckerberg's decision to end fact-checking on FacebookMeta has ended its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram. Instead, it will implement community notes similar to the model used...
08 Jan, 2025, 03.42 PM IST
Meta expands third-party fact checking programme in India with PTIWith this partnership, PTI will be allowed to identify, review and rate content as misinformation across Meta platforms including WhatsApp,...
01 Apr, 2024, 03.41 PM IST
Meta expanding fact-checking to Threads ahead of US, India electionsMeta is expanding its fact-checking programme to Threads platform, as the US and India gear up for general elections next year.
13 Dec, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
Meta adds another fact checking partner in IndiaWith this partnership, Meta will have 11 fact checking partners in India, making it the country with the most number of third-party fact ch...
26 Jul, 2022, 03.47 PM IST
Facebook's third party fact checkers form new fact-checking consortium for 2021 Assembly pollsWhatsApp said the Ekta consortium is a pilot exercise and the groups involved hope to use this experience to improve on how such collaborat...
08 Apr, 2021, 06.08 PM IST
It's upto Facebook to respond on its fact checking programme, say FB fact-checkers after IT minister raises concernsIn February last year, ahead of India's general elections, Facebook had expanded its third-party fact-checking programme by adding five new...
03 Sep, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
2019 - The year of fake newsCAA protests latest in a series of events that triggered extensive spread of misinformation across social media, say fact checkers.
20 Dec, 2019, 11.24 AM IST
After rejig, Facebook users will get fake news alertsFacebook started a pilot fact-checking program in Karnataka last year through a partnership with fact-checking portal Boom, followed by one...
12 Dec, 2019, 08.01 AM IST
Facebook introduces fact checking in more local Indian languages, provides additional funding to partnersThe newest languages are Urdu and Punjabi. Before that it was Tamil and Gujarati. So Facebook now has 10 languages in which fact-checking h...
27 Apr, 2019, 08.26 AM IST
Facebook expands fact-checking programme in India, partners AFP to spot fake newsFacebook, which in April this year had partnered with BOOM, said the move will "bolster" its ongoing efforts to "clamp down on manipulated ...
05 Nov, 2018, 09.34 PM IST