fake news

Crime

Facebook tracks down UK & Romania based fake news networks

Facebook removes pages, groups and accounts which were spreading fake news all over the social media.

15 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Society

Donald Trump is spreading fake news on Twitter? Claims California Gov. Newsom

California Governor Gavin Newsom calls Donald Trump's Tweet fake news and confirms Golden State's grand plans for the nation's first high-speed rail train.

Feb 14, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Society

Russia joins battle against 'Fake News,' will ban indecent state criticism

Prosecutors will have a power block those websites without court orders, while publications found guilty of spreading fake news would face fines.

Jan 28, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

People aged above 65 likely to share more fake news, study finds

The study report revealed that people aged more than 65 are more likely to share fake news on social media platforms

Jan 10, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announces surprise resignation

Technology

Fake website uses New Zealand's Ex-PM John Key's image to promote bitcoin

The new advertisement imitates a Stuff business news page and showed that John Key was interviewed on his enthusiasm for Bitcoin.

Jan 6, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

German magazine suspends senior editors over Claas Relotius fake news scandal

Claas Relotiusj had received many prestigious awards such as CNN's Journalist of the year 2014 and European Press Prize 2017.

Dec 30, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Entertainment

Fake News: Singapore actress Zoe Tay retiring from her career

50-year-old Singapore actress Zoe Tay is not retiring but currently, she is enjoying her vacation in Japan.

Dec 22, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Celebrity

San E takes dig at journalist for spreading fake news

After waging a cold war with feminists, rapper San E targets the media for showing him in bad light.

Dec 13, 2018

By Nithya Kamakshi

Society

Govt claims The Straits Times story is fake; 2 different headlines trigger more confusion

IBTimes Singapore reached out to respective officials at The Straits Times to seek more information about the headline confusion.

Nov 30, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Singapore's fight against fake news; Govt shows direction to identify false stories

Singapore government's picture shows that STOMP and Straits Times are among those platforms which have published fake news.

Nov 24, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Why Facebook did not take down States Times Review post

Facebook stood by its policies and said that the social media company doesn't have a policy that prohibits alleged falsehoods.

Nov 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Crime

Singapore: MOT clarifies details of public transport vouchers after noticing false information on WhatsApp

Ministry of Transport clarified that the public transport vouchers are not for all senior Singaporeans but for lower-income households.

Nov 10, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Politics

Facebook, Twitter fight against the surge of fake news during 2018 US midterm election

Facebook and Twitter both were trying to combat fake news and took initiative to block users who were trying to spread inaccurate information during US Election Day.

Nov 7, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Egypt arrests award-winning economist and his publisher on 'Fake News' allegation

The unpublished book by economist Abdel-Khaleq Farouq wrongly challenged President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's economic policies. ros

Oct 24, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

News agency taken down story on Saudi Consul in Istanbul due to fake news claims

The news report had earlier stated that the Consul was fired after journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing.

Oct 19, 2018

By Nandita Natrajkumar

Society

How to identify fake news? Parents have to educate their children, says MOE

Singapore's Ministry of Education has published a news release where they have listed a few steps that would help parents to guide their children.

Oct 18, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

Get ready; Spreading fake news and rumors in UAE would cost you Dh1 million

Al Ameen service organised a discussion pannel to spread awareness on the fake news in the country and the officials stated that circulation of such information would be costly.

Oct 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder