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Urvashi is an Online Editor for BW Businessworld. Reach her at urvashi@businessworld.in
You should not share anything whose source you're not confirmed of and should not believe in everything you receive on your social platforms. You should make use of your social media responsibly.
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Both Whatsapp and Facebook are trying to limit the spreading of fake news and other misuses of the service. With General Elections 2019 approaching, both Whatsapp and Facebook will have to work in tandem and restrict the spread of misinformation to preserve the integrity of the election in the world’s largest democracy.
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To guard journalists from falling prey to false news stories, Google has taken recent actions such as, support of AMP, the Google News Initiative and updating its algorithm.
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Fact-checkers are an important addition to any media house. They distinguish facts from rumour and reveals what some would prefer to keep hidden.
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If you suspect an online article, video or image is fake, here are some simple tools you can use to identify whether the news is fake:
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A message went viral on WhatsApp claiming that ISIS intends to misuse the profile pictures of users and WhatsApp's CEO urges users to remove their display images.
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The viral post that says ‘orphaned child became a police officer’ is actually fake
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Various media outlets claimed that Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar was sacked after the Indian Air force lost a fighter aircraft to Pakistan in the recent engagement with Pakistan Air Force.
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Fake news reports are flying thick on India-Pakistan air strikes. Old pictures of a plane crash in Odisha are circulated as downed IAF plane, fake IAF airstrike video goes viral.
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In the wake of the Pulwama attack a quotation ascribed to Nepal Singh, a BJP MP has gone viral all across social media. What he said was true or not, let's find out.
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