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New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India and the Press Club of India on Tuesday described the arrest of Alt News co-founder Muhammad Zubair on charges of hurting religious sentiments as "extremely d...
A Delhi court on Tuesday extended by four days the custodial interrogation of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to a tweet he had posted in 2018 that was deemed to have hurt religi...
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As many as 35 WhatsApp groups that were allegedly spreading fake news about the Agnipath military recruitment scheme were on Sunday banned by the government, officials said.
The move came amid violen...
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Fact-checker cannot be adjudicator
Do we need punitive measures against people who spread misinformation or disinformation regularly?
I am deeply conflicted about this issue. My personal opinion is ...
Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as fake news on their platforms, sources said.
The officials from the ...