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Fact Check: Is the 2025 Suzuki Mehran Making a Comeback?
A viral social media post is making rounds, claiming that Suzuki is launching a 2025 Suzuki Mehran with three variants: VX, VXR, and VXL. The…
Govt Proposes Amendments to Peca 2016, Introducing Digital Rights Protection Authority
ISLAMABAD: The government is proposing comprehensive amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, which would see the establishment of a new regulatory…
YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine content from its platform
Continuing its strong stance against harmful information related to COVID-19, YouTube has announced that it will block all anti-vaccine content. This will include content that…
#CivilWarinPakistan trend shows Fake News part of Indian 5th Gen Warfare needs stronger deterrence
When the recent protests against the government reached the peak this Sunday, several doctored images and misrepresented videos, began being tweeted as part of the…
Google to contribute $25 million to combat fake news
Alphabet-owned Google will contribute $25 million to the newly set up European Media and Information Fund to combat fake news, the company said on Wednesday,…
U.S. lawmakers grill big tech CEOs on misinformation, fake news
In their first appearance before Congress since Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter were asked by U.S.…
A decline in online disinformation follows Donald Trump’s political decline
In a recent talk hosted on the National Public Radio (NPR), an NPR journalist Miles Parks discussed how Trump’s exit from the office and subsequent…
TikTok warns users about videos spreading fake news, misinformation
TikTok appears to be taking the spread of fake news and online misinformation campaigns seriously as it has now added new warning labels to videos…
We are aware that Pakistan is facing 5th-generation warfare in ‘massive way’: DG ISPR
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar has declared that India is subjecting Pakistan to a massive campaign of fifth-generation warfare…
Fact check: Is Google REALLY launching operations in Lahore?
So, according to a recent tweet by PTI member Mujtaba Sharf, Google is about to launch its operations in Lahore. On the surface, this sounds…
PTA confronts Twitter over fake news and anti-Pakistan propaganda
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has approached the Twitter administration to immediately sensitize its moderation teams and ensure that the platform is not used as a…
Facebook to stop running political ads after the US election ends
Facebook has announced that it will stop running all political and social-issue advertisements after polls close in the 2020 US presidential elections on the 3rd…
Twitter might be reworking its misinformation labels to be more direct
Twitter has continuously been working to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform. Most of the avid users of twitter might have seen that…