Fake News Punishment

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday introduced the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023, in Lok Sabha.

Promoting cryptocurrencies unknown by the government, some of which could be scam traps, has now been rendered a punishable offense in the UAE. The change comes as part of reformed cyber laws in the country, focused on reducing financial crimes.

Any person who manufactures, stores, sells or imports a non-ISI helmet will be punished with one-year imprisonment or a fine of Rs. 1 lakh.

The government has amped up a move to regulate online media and news portals just after it was forced to take back a controversial order on punishing journalists for fake news on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention.

A debate surrounding the government's short-lived order to punish journalists for fake news and the reconstitution of a top media watchdog saw a spirited clash of views between prominent journalists on Tuesday.

Arun Shourie, former union minister, tore into the NDA government on Tuesday for the now-cancelled rule to punish journalists for "fake news", insisting that this was a clear attempt to "suppress" the media and there would be more attempts.

Overruling his minister Smriti Irani's order to punish journalists for fake news, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the matter should be left to the media watchdog Press Council of India, which includes journalists and lawmakers nominated by the government.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry, headed by Smriti Irani, had issued an order late last night that sought to punish journalists for fake news. The order was slammed by journalists as an attempt to curb the freedom of press, forcing the Prime Minister's Office to withdraw the order overruling the ministry's decision.

After it was widely attacked as a brazen attempt to curb freedom of the press in an election year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cancelled an order that sought to punish journalists for fake news. The order was issued late last night by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, which is headed by Smriti Irani. After top editors and opposition...

Malaysia's government Monday pushed a law through parliament that makes "fake news" punishable by a maximum six-year jail term despite an outcry from critics worried it will be used to stifle dissent before elections.

Germany's cabinet on April 5 approved a new bill to punish social networking sites for failure to remove illegal content swiftly from their platforms.

Mumbai/Chennai: Corrupt doctors and village leaders are helping traffickers to obtain fake documents to pass child victims off as adults and evade justice for crimes affecting thousands of minors, a rights group said. More than 9,000 children were victims of trafficking in India in 2016, up 27 per cent on the previous year, according to the lates...

The flood of "fake news" this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton, helping Republican Donald Trump and undermining faith in American democracy, say independent researchers who tracked the operation.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday introduced the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023, in Lok Sabha.

Promoting cryptocurrencies unknown by the government, some of which could be scam traps, has now been rendered a punishable offense in the UAE. The change comes as part of reformed cyber laws in the country, focused on reducing financial crimes.

Any person who manufactures, stores, sells or imports a non-ISI helmet will be punished with one-year imprisonment or a fine of Rs. 1 lakh.

The government has amped up a move to regulate online media and news portals just after it was forced to take back a controversial order on punishing journalists for fake news on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention.

A debate surrounding the government's short-lived order to punish journalists for fake news and the reconstitution of a top media watchdog saw a spirited clash of views between prominent journalists on Tuesday.

Arun Shourie, former union minister, tore into the NDA government on Tuesday for the now-cancelled rule to punish journalists for "fake news", insisting that this was a clear attempt to "suppress" the media and there would be more attempts.

Overruling his minister Smriti Irani's order to punish journalists for fake news, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the matter should be left to the media watchdog Press Council of India, which includes journalists and lawmakers nominated by the government.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry, headed by Smriti Irani, had issued an order late last night that sought to punish journalists for fake news. The order was slammed by journalists as an attempt to curb the freedom of press, forcing the Prime Minister's Office to withdraw the order overruling the ministry's decision.

After it was widely attacked as a brazen attempt to curb freedom of the press in an election year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cancelled an order that sought to punish journalists for fake news. The order was issued late last night by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, which is headed by Smriti Irani. After top editors and opposition...

Malaysia's government Monday pushed a law through parliament that makes "fake news" punishable by a maximum six-year jail term despite an outcry from critics worried it will be used to stifle dissent before elections.

Germany's cabinet on April 5 approved a new bill to punish social networking sites for failure to remove illegal content swiftly from their platforms.

Mumbai/Chennai: Corrupt doctors and village leaders are helping traffickers to obtain fake documents to pass child victims off as adults and evade justice for crimes affecting thousands of minors, a rights group said. More than 9,000 children were victims of trafficking in India in 2016, up 27 per cent on the previous year, according to the lates...

The flood of "fake news" this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton, helping Republican Donald Trump and undermining faith in American democracy, say independent researchers who tracked the operation.