Fake News
China starts major trial of state-run digital currency
Reports claim that American chains Starbucks, McDonald’s and Subway were named on the People’s Bank of China (PBOC)’s list of firms that will test…
India asks TikTok, Facebook to remove users spreading coronavirus misinformation
There is a lot of misinformation floating across social media networking apps regarding the COVID-19 and some of them are using religious beliefs to…
UK vaccine trial volunteer says she is 'doing fine' after online death rumours
A fake article has been on rounds that the microbiologist Dr Elisa Granato, who took part in the UK human trial for Coronavirus in Oxford died.…
Is Modi planning for a period of Emergency under Article 360?
There has been news about PM Narendra Modi possibly declaring Emergency under Article 360, which categorises it as a Financial Emergency, yet this…
Duterte in hospital?
A recent news flourished as to how President Rodrigo Duterte was rushed to the hospital after his third State of the Nation Address. However, the…
Did the BBC Report on a Nuclear War Between NATO and Russia?
A convincing video showing a news report from the BBC about a nuclear incident between Russia and NATO forces was widely shared on social media…
Was Anthony Bourdain Killed by Clinton Operatives?
On 9th June 2018, YourNewsWire.com published a news linking the celebrity chef's death to Hillary Clinton for spreading fake news..
Kremlin critic and journalist Arkady Babchenko
Prominent Kremlin critic and journalist Arkady Babchenko staged his death with help from Ukrainian authorities to thwart an alleged Russian…
Is McDonald’s Replacing All Cashiers with Robots
A fake news site twisted information about self-serve kiosks into a false claim that McDonald's is replacing all their cashiers with "robots."…
The never-ending fake news during Indian elections 2019
While India begins its most massive democratic exercise with more than nine hundred million citizens registered to vote in the country’s general…
Notre-Dame fire and misinformation
One of this year’s darkest events was the burning of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, France. While the citizens of the country and the world…
New Zealand take off Sky News from the air?
Following the horrific mosque shootings in New Zealand, it was reported that the government removed Sky News or Fox News from the air in March for…
April Fools and Fake News
Research from Lancaster University, UK, shows that April Fools hoax stories can offer linguistic clues to spotting 'fake news' stories.
Rise of Fake News at a tense time
Since India’s retaliation of the February 15th Pulwama attack, the internet, social media and other platforms have been flooded with fake news.…
EU refutes Hungary’s “fake news”
An EU spokesperson has termed the latest Hungarian government campaign ad of supporting illegal immigration as “fake news”. The controversial ad…
Facebook tackles fake news bots
Facebook has recently removed 500 pages and accounts allegedly over peddling fake news in the Central European, Ukrainian and other Eastern European…
Warning against ‘Deepfake’ ahead of 2020 elections
Many lawmakers are increasingly circumspect of the threat of video manipulation, also known as ‘Deepfake’ ahead of the 2020 US presidential elections.
Julian Assange met with Paul Manafort?
On November 27, the Guardian published an eye-catching article, claiming that its journalists had seen an Ecuadorian intelligence agency document…
CNN ‘Journalist of the Year’ peddles fake news
A top European news magazine fired one of its star journalists after the discovery that he had been fabricating facts and sources in more than a…
Fake rumours resulted in death
Rumours of child abductors were spread on a messaging application, WhatsApp in a small town in Mexico which resulted in the mob burning to death of…