Meta watchdog says grassroots fact checks risk harm to usersMeta said it would ask ordinary users to verify controversial claims in a system known as "community notes", aping methods on X and other s...
26 Mar, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
Police action on EC orders on BJP seal issue shows intolerance towards criticism: Kerala CM Pinarayi VijayanKerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has criticized the Election Commission. He stated the EC's order to police regarding social media ne...
26 Mar, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
Kerala police ask social media handles to takedown EC letter with BJP sealKerala Police has ordered social media platforms to remove posts featuring an Election Commission communication with a Bharatiya Janata Par...
24 Mar, 2026, 06.39 PM IST
Maharashtra electoral rolls row: SC protects psephologist Sanjay Kumar in EC's FIRs accusing him of spreading misinformationPsephologist Sanjay Kumar retracted and apologized for an erroneous X post concerning Maharashtra election data, attributing the mistake to...
25 Aug, 2025, 01.11 PM IST
TMC voices doubt over efficacy of SIR in West Bengal, vows to oppose itTrinamool Congress questions the effectiveness of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of West Bengal's electoral rolls. Th...
17 Aug, 2025, 10.19 PM IST
PIB Fact Check debunks claims of Vice President's official residence being sealedThe Press Information Bureau (PIB) has refuted social media claims that former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's residence was sealed and h...
24 Jul, 2025, 08.41 AM IST
As Bihar parties sharpen attack on EC over voters list, poll panel fact checks leadersThe Election Commission (EC) is actively refuting claims made by opposition leaders regarding the intensive revision of electoral rolls in ...
09 Jul, 2025, 08.57 PM IST
'Completely absurd': ECI reacts to Rahul Gandhi's Maharashtra poll 'match-fixing' claimThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has refuted Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's claims of a rigged Maharashtra election in 2024, labeling the...
07 Jun, 2025, 10.23 PM IST
Congress calls EC 'compromised'; CEC says shun divisive narrativesChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar emphasized misinformation and misleading trends as major threats to global elections. He called for...
25 Jan, 2025, 11.10 PM IST
Did Elon Musk promoted X and Fox News spread disinformation in U.S elections? Polling Nostradamus Allan Lichtman blames them squarelyPolling Nostradamus Allan Lichtman was proven totally wrong following the results of the US Presidential Elections 2024. When reflecting ba...
14 Nov, 2024, 01.30 AM IST
Elon Musk's own AI Grok thinks he spreads misinformation. 'Yes, there is substantial evidence and...'Elon Musk's own AI model, Grok, has publicly acknowledged that the billionaire has spread misinformation on his social media platform, X (f...
13 Nov, 2024, 07.57 PM IST
'Misinformation megaphone': Elon Musk stokes tension before US electionElon Musk faces criticism for using his platform X, formerly Twitter, to spread misinformation and influence the US election. Researchers w...
27 Sep, 2024, 07.36 AM IST
Meta's oversight board backs takedown of Australian voter fraud postsMeta's board upheld removing Facebook posts calling for multiple votes in an indigenous rights referendum due to unclear voter fraud rules....
09 May, 2024, 10.11 PM IST
EU queries X over cut to content moderation resourcesThe EU on Wednesday told digital platform X to explain a cut to content moderation resources, amid concerns over disinformation ahead of Eu...
09 May, 2024, 08.40 AM IST
Rajeev Chandrasekhar challenges Tharoor for debate on development of ThiruvananthapuramChandrasekhar accused Tharoor of spreading misinformation during a recent interview with the Kerala-based news organization where he falsel...
08 Apr, 2024, 07.23 PM IST
Elon Musk's X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation, claims researcherAfter introducing a feature in 2022 for users to report a post they considered misleading about politics, X in the past week removed the "p...
27 Sep, 2023, 09.59 AM IST
Will AI 'help' you vote next election?The bigger risk is of spreading misinformation through pre-internet informal networks that have been remarkably efficient.
01 Sep, 2023, 10.27 PM IST