Russia fines Reddit $20,000 for banned content: news agency RIAReddit joins a list of sites under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems illegal, including Wikimedia, streami...
15 Aug, 2023, 08.45 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
Russian regulator blocks Google News, cites Ukraine conflict"We've confirmed that some people are having difficulty accessing the Google News app and website in Russia and that this is not due to any...
24 Mar, 2022, 08.50 AM IST
China says photo of its troops at Russian border is fake newsThe Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country's internet watchdog, said on Thursday that there were many fake news reports onli...
18 Mar, 2022, 07.40 PM IST
Russia says claim that it bombed a children's hospital are 'fake news'Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of carrying out genocide after Ukrainian officials said Russian aircraft bombed the ...
10 Mar, 2022, 03.23 PM 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
Kremlin tightens grip on Ukraine war coverageSpreading what Russian authorities deem to be false information is punishable by up to three years in prison, or 15 years if it is deemed t...
04 Mar, 2022, 03.18 PM IST
Twitch bans Russian state media in move against harmful misinformation spreadersTwitch said the rule would prohibit users whose online presence is dedicated to pushing widely debunked misinformation with clear risks of ...
04 Mar, 2022, 08.57 AM IST
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Fact-checkers, social media platforms combat fake infoFact-checkers and teams from social media companies were actively monitoring and disrupting attempts to amplify false information in the Ru...
26 Feb, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
Pakistan claim about blank cheque from Russia is false propaganda: Diplomatic SourcesPakistan have had the habit of exaggerating it’s ties with Russia, the above mentioned sources said, adding there is no effort to undermine...
15 Apr, 2021, 08.33 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
Trump blames oil fight, 'Fake News' for stock market dropOn Monday, major U.S. stock indexes dropped 7% with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting 2,000 points after oil prices slumped as mu...
09 Mar, 2020, 09.29 PM IST
Donald Trump rips Hillary Clinton over dossier alleging Russian ties, says it's a 'disgrace'"It's a disgrace. It's a very sad commentary on politics in this country," Trump told reporters at the White House yesterday.
26 Oct, 2017, 09.24 AM IST
Fake Media preventing Americans from hearing real story: Donald TrumpUS President Donald Trump has alleged that the "fake media" does not want him to use the social media to prevent Americans from hearing the...
29 May, 2017, 11.38 AM IST
Media says Donald Trump will pull US out of Paris accordTrump’s cabinet itself is said to be divided on the issue, but the President is a known skeptic of global warming, calling climate change a...
29 May, 2017, 10.09 AM IST
Russia 'cultivated' Donald Trump and has compromising material: Report"The document was prepared for political opponents of Trump by a person who is understood to be a former British intelligence agent," the w...
11 Jan, 2017, 02.25 PM IST
Edward Snowden death hoax rocks TwitterA hoax tweet claiming that US whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden had been found dead had Twitter in a tizzy.
07 May, 2015, 03.37 PM IST