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PTI
UP: BJP Using ‘e-Ravanas’ on Social Media to Spread Lies and Hatred: Akhilesh Yadav
31 Jul 2021
The Samajwadi Party leader claimed "pseudo BJP leaders" pose as SP supporters, and post and forward "indecent remarks" on virtual platforms ahead of Assembly polls.
Ajith Pillai
True Lies in the Age of Obedient Journalism
07 Jul 2021
What Big Media says about vaccine availability, arrests of activists or rising prices today will go through a hundred revisions—you won’t notice—by tomorrow.
Ajith Pillai
India’s Other Two-Front War: Infodemic Plus Pandemic
28 Jun 2021
As those in power spread half-truths, falsehoods and contradictorty advice, people are scratching their heads, wondering which Covid protocols to follow.
Anees Zargar
Kashmir: Police Arrest Youth for Spreading ‘Misinformation' Related to Encounter
18 Jun 2021
The youth, Samiullah, reportedly a BCA graduate employed in the private sector, describes himself as a social activist, and has participated in various silent protests, often carrying placards.
Smruti Koppikar
Where is Modi Government’s Toolkit to Tackle the Pandemic?
24 May 2021
The country urgently needs an official toolkit to tackle the pandemic, not a fabricated one to discredit the Opposition and distract the public.
ICF Team
Journalism Against the Propaganda Machine
17 Feb 2021
Those who speak up for the marginalised, whether as lawyers, academics, human rights activists or journalists, are treated as enemies of the state.
PTI
Centre, Twitter India Get SC Notice on Plea for Regulating Hate Content
12 Feb 2021
The plea by one Vinit Goenka also said that a representation to the authority concerned to act in accordance with law against Twitter was filed but no action has been taken so far.
Subir Purkayastha
How Did We Get to This Sad State in US Politics ?
13 Jan 2021
For decades the Republicans resorted to ‘dumbing down’ the base of the Republican party so that the Republican elite could get away with their pet policies. The conundrum that created gave rise to…
Ajith Pillai
Modi Regime’s Vision for Media: Go from Pliant to Totally Aligned
04 Jan 2021
But as the farmers’ agitation shows, propaganda has its limits, and real journalists will also keep exposing falsehoods.
Smruti Koppikar
Will India Challenge the Fake News Ecosystem and its Key Manipulators?
25 Dec 2020
Raps on the knuckles of Republic Bharat and Amit Malviya by Twitter and OfCom expose India’s massive propaganda and disinformation cabal.