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By 2020, the number of such pro-India fake news websites was revealed to have grown to 750 across 116 countries in an investigation titled the Indian Chronicles. Prominent examples of fake news-spreading websites and online resources include OpIndia and Postcard News.
Aug 31, 2022 · These 882 cases of fake news and rumours impacted 892 victims, according to the data. Telangana reported the highest number of these cases, at 218, followed by Tamil Nadu at 137 and Madhya Pradesh at 129. The crime rate of fake news pan-India however, remains negligible, at 0.1.
In India, WhatsApp is the platform most vulnerable to fake news. Millions of Indians (a vast percentage is uneducated) using mobile internet innocently forwarding ‘good morning’ messages every day are seen as most vulnerable to fake news. In the recent Karnataka Assembly elections (2018) fake news about rival parties and
Dec 12, 2017 · The growing tide of fake news in India. Social media has created a whirlpool of misinformation that continues to create unwelcome ripples across India. The phenomenon of fake news...
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Jun 30, 2020 · 1 July 2020. Getty Images. By Shruti Menon. BBC Reality Check. Fake or misleading news can have a real impact on those who find themselves the targets. This has been a particular problem in...
Nov 12, 2018 · 12 November 2018. Bloomberg. Researchers gained unprecedented access to participants' phones to follow sharing behaviours. A rising tide of nationalism in India is driving ordinary citizens to...
Oct 26, 2021 · 25 October 2021. By Soutik Biswas,India correspondent. Getty Images. With more than 300 million users, India is Facebook's biggest market.
