The Karnataka High Court on Thursday quashed a case registered against BJP Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya for allegedly spreading 'fake news' regarding the suicide of a farmer in Haveri district. During the hearing the senior counsel appearing for Surya said that the allegation is that he has made certain tweets based on certain news items. On November 14 the …
Joy Behar, co-host of ABC's The View, argued right-wing media outlets should be held responsible after Donald Trump was re-elected as president of the United States. During Wednesday's post-election show, co-host Sunny Hostin called Trump "a complete aberration." "How is it that we have normalized someone who tried to start an insurrection, who is an election denier, who is a …
A special team of the Tamil Nadu Police on Saturday arrested Prashant Kumar, 32, a native of Bihar, in Jharkhand on the charge of spreading fake news that migrant workers were attacked in Tiruppur. City Police Commissioner Praveen Kumar Abhinapu said a special team, headed by cybercrime unit inspector L. Sornavalli, had traced the accused — who used a Facebook …
Highlights Action was taken under new IT rules Some of the blocked channels were being operated by anchors of Pakistani news channels 'Naya Pakistan' on YouTube had a combined subscriber base of over 35 lakh The government of India on Monday blocked 20 YoubTube channels and two websites in a closely coordinated effort between intelligence agencies and the Ministry of …
People looking for a bit of Christmas merriment in the Colombian capital might find it in an unexpected place: the front seat of a taxi, in the form of a costumed canine co-pilot. Taxi driver Nicolas Walteros and his beloved dog Colonel take passengers around the city together, dressed in matching green Santa tops and hats, aviator sunglasses and a …