 | Myanmar charges Japanese journalist Toru Kubota with spreading fake newsFriends of Kubota in Japan on Wednesday called for his immediate release, and an online petition has collected more than 41,000 signatures demanding his freedom. |
 | Rahul fake video: Congress MPs ask Lok Sabha Speaker for action against three BJP lawmakersThe Congress MPs, including leader of the party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, have urged Om Birla to refer their complaint to the Ethics Committee of Parliament. |
 | Doctored Rahul Gandhi video: Facing FIRs across states, Zee News journalist Rohit Ranjan knocks SC doorsOn Tuesday, a police team from Chhattisgarh reached Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad town to arrest the anchor from his home but he was instead arrested by the Noida police who released him on bail. |
 | Rahul video row: Scribe Rohit Ranjan not named in initial Noida FIR; Chhattisgarh CM hits out at UP copsThe Zee News anchor's name was later added as the third accused in the FIR lodged at Noida Sector-20 police station under IPC section 505(2). |
 | Intentional Rahul byte mess? Zee sacks two staffers as scribe Rohit Ranjan goes 'absconding'Rohit Ranjan was initially not named as an accused in the FIR. His name was added later. The FIR was lodged at 8.33 am and the anchor was picked up from his Ghaziabad home around 9 am. |
 | SC to hear plea of TV anchor against FIRs for doctored Rahul Gandhi videoThe video of Rahul Gandhi speaking about men who attacked his MP office in Kerala was shown as him saying Udaipur tailor's killers be forgiven. |
| UP cops take away arrested TV anchor from custody of Chhattisgarh Police, complaint lodgedChhattisgarh Police maintained that they are legally right and followed the due process of law and even informed the family member of Ranjan while taking him into custody. |
 | Congress warns of stern legal action over Rahul Gandhi's doctored video, FIR registered in JaipurCongress leader and head of media and publicity Pawan Khera said more such action will be taken against the BJP and its leaders for propagating fake news. |
 | Complex web of fake newsSome fake news are not harmful, some are very incendiary. |
 | Delhi cops use memes to reach out to youth, spread awarenessThe Delhi Police has been using social media to spread awareness about crime and fake news. |
 | 35 WhatsApp groups banned by government for 'spreading fake news' about Agnipath schemeThe move came amid violent protests against the scheme in different parts of the country since it was announced a few days ago. |
 | Two YouTube channels blocked for inciting communal frenzy though 'misleading' newsSenior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan said 'misleading' news about riots and imposition of curfew in Bareilly was flashed on the two YouTube channels. |
 | Don’t tar all media with the same brushWell, you know what? India is still a free country, last time I checked. We don’t need to consume the kind of media we heap so much contempt on. It’s our money, our choice. |
 | Don’t fall for fake news, NEET-PG on scheduleThe Union Health Ministry on Saturday clarified that the National Eligibility Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) will be held on May 21 as per the schedule. |
 | Kremlin crackdown silences protests, from benign to bold, as neighbours demand accountability for war crimesHundreds of Russians are facing charges for speaking out against the war in Ukraine since a repressive law was passed last month that outlaws the spread of 'false information' about the invasion. |
| Modi government orders blocking of 18 Indian, four Pakistani YouTube-based news channelsThis is the first time that action has been taken against the Indian YouTube-based news publishers since the notification of the IT Rules, 2021 in February last year. |
 | Don’t fall prey to communal agenda, Jamiat warns MuslimsMufti Iftekhar Ahmed Qasmi, president of Jamiat Ulama, has said that Muslims should not discriminate based on religion. |
 | Ukraine War: UK sanctions Russian media over disinformationThe latest group subjected to asset freezes and travel bans includes Rossiya television anchor Sergey Brilev, Gazprom-Media chief executive Aleksandr Zharov and Alexey Nikolov, MD of broadcaster RT. |
| TN plans social media monitoring centre to curb fake newsDMK government allocated Rs 10,285 crore to the Tamil Nadu Police Department and another `496.5 crore to the fire department. |
| Chhattisgarh: Scribe held for fake news also booked for immoral traffickingAfter journalist Nilesh Sharma was arrested in Raipur last Wednesday, police recovered a large amount of pornographic content from his mobile handset, the official said. |
