ETtech Explainer: Inside Karnataka’s fake news bill, what it means for Big TechThe development is seeing parallels being drawn with the Emergency of 1975, with critics warning of a potential threat to free speech, and ...
01 Jul, 2025, 09.18 PM IST
Karnataka pushes jail terms for 'fake news', sparks worriesKarnataka's proposed legislation, imposing jail terms for spreading misinformation, has sparked concerns among free speech advocates about ...
01 Jul, 2025, 07.44 AM IST
Karnataka’s fake news bill: Rs 10 lakh fine, 7-year jail for disrespecting sanatan symbols, promoting superstitionThe draft bill includes setting up a state fake news regulatory authority tasked with a broad mandate to monitor and regulate the content d...
28 Jun, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Karnataka fake news draft bill raises concernsKarnataka's draft proposal, the Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, 2025, has sparked concern by proposing to criminalize the ...
27 Jun, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
Posted fake news on social media? Karnataka's new law could send you to jail for 7 yearsKarnataka is set to introduce strict measures against fake news. The government plans a regulatory body and special courts. These courts wi...
21 Jun, 2025, 04.21 PM IST
Spreading fake news could land offenders in jail for three years, under new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BillThe Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023, introduced in the Lok Sabha proposes that spreading fake news or misleading information jeopardisin...
12 Aug, 2023, 10.46 AM IST
Turkish parliament OKs disputed bill to fight disinformationThe vote came following raucous sessions in parliament, which saw opposition legislators clap and shout to disrupt proceedings, hold up sig...
14 Oct, 2022, 06.41 AM IST
Harsh Goenka's tweet lauding UP Jail food draws netizens furore. Here's what happenedHarsh Vardhan Goenka said in his tweets that people finally realized that prisoners are also human beings. While some hailed the move by th...
06 Sep, 2022, 06.06 PM IST
Russia takes steps to punish Google over YouTube 'fakes'Russia's communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking punitive measures against Google, including a ban on advertising the platfo...
07 Apr, 2022, 03.51 PM IST
TikTok suspends livestreaming, new uploads in RussiaTikTok said it would suspend live-streaming and the uploading of videos to its platform in Russia as it reviews the implications of a new m...
07 Mar, 2022, 10.04 AM IST
Russia backs jail time for 'fake' army news, restricts mediaThe bill sets out jail terms of varying lengths and fines against people who publish "knowingly false information" about the military.
05 Mar, 2022, 01.15 AM IST
Fake news bigger menace than paid news: Prakash JavadekarSpeaking at an event organised by the Press Council of India to observe National Press Day and confer National Awards for Excellence in Jou...
16 Nov, 2019, 06.30 PM IST
Nawaz Sharif disqualified for concealing assets, submitting fake testimony: Pakistan SCThe court said that the public representatives were not honest in accordance to article 62-1F of the Constitution.
25 Aug, 2019, 03.34 PM IST
BJP accuses HD Kumaraswamy of openly threatening, abusing scribesHD Kumaraswamy had recently declared that he was 'boycotting' the media, apparently upset over the coverage of the Mandya Lok Sabha polls, ...
11 Jun, 2019, 04.44 PM IST
Reports of Aasia Bibi leaving Pakistan "fake": MinisterBibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was release from Multan jail last week after the Supreme Court in its landmark decision acquitted her o...
12 Nov, 2018, 05.32 PM IST
India heads of IT giants may face criminal charges over fake newsHeads of social media companies may face 5-year jail term and criminal proceedings over fake news.
01 Sep, 2018, 02.20 PM IST
Justice system works against tribals in BastarJails in Bastar region crowded beyond capacity due to excessive fake cases.
08 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST