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hindustantimes.com | Sejal Sharma
The government on Friday issued an advisory to over-the-top (OTT) platforms, streaming platforms, and digital intermediaries against carrying content originating from Pakistan “with immediate effect”. While the advisory, issued by the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB), does not cite specific companies, it said content, including web series, films, songs, podcasts, and other streaming media must be discontinued.
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1 week ago | 
htsyndication.com | Sejal Sharma
New Delhi, May 9 -- Following India's military strikes, members of the Pakistani government and its supporters launched what officials in Delhi described as a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed at controlling the narrative and shifting focus from the operation's outcomes.
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1 week ago | 
htsyndication.com | Sejal Sharma
New Delhi, May 9 -- Social media platform X on Thursday began blocking access to over 8,000 accounts in India following executive orders from the Union government. According to X, the government directed the micro-blogging platform to block accounts belonging to international media outlets and other prominent users. "To comply with the orders, we will withhold the specified accounts in India alone. We have begun that process.
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1 week ago | 
htsyndication.com | Sejal Sharma
New Delhi, May 8 -- Following India's military strikes, members of the Pakistani government and its supporters launched what officials in Delhi described as a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed at controlling the narrative and shifting focus from the operation's outcomes.
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1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Sejal Sharma
Following India’s military strikes, members of the Pakistani government and its supporters launched what officials in Delhi described as a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed at controlling the narrative and shifting focus from the operation’s outcomes. The operation triggered an online propaganda response, with pro-Pakistan social media accounts and political figures circulating stories of military victories and retaliation that independent and government verification quickly debunked.
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1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Sejal Sharma
New Delhi: The Indian government’s fact-check unit (FCU), under the press information bureau (PIB), has ramped up its efforts to debunk false narratives being circulated online. As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate with Indian armed forces’ strikes on terror hubs in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Wednesday, a parallel war has unfolded on social media, with fake videos, misleading images, and unverified claims flooding platforms like X and Facebook.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Sejal Sharma
13 hours agoVideo filmed in Indian-administered Kashmir captured loud explosions and smoke near the Line of Control. Video filmed in Indian-administered Kashmir captured loud explosions and smoke around the town of Poonch near the Line of Control as Pakistan promised a “robust response” to a series of Indian …
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1 week ago | 
htsyndication.com | Sejal Sharma
New Delhi, May 6 -- The parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology, in an office memorandum, has sought from two ministries details of action taken against social media influencers and platforms that it alleged are "against the interests of the country" in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.
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2 weeks ago | 
interestingengineering.com | Sejal Sharma
Sejal Sharma is IE’s AI columnist, offering deep dives into the world of artificial intelligence and its transformative impact across industries. Her bi-monthly AI Logs column explores the latest trends, breakthroughs, and ethical dilemmas in AI, delivering expert analysis and fresh insights. To stay informed, subscribe to our AI Logs newsletter for exclusive content.
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interestingengineering.com | Sejal Sharma
Sejal Sharma is IE’s AI columnist, offering deep dives into the world of artificial intelligence and its transformative impact across industries. Her bi-monthly AI Logs column explores the latest trends, breakthroughs, and ethical dilemmas in AI, delivering expert analysis and fresh insights. To stay informed, subscribe to our AI Logs newsletter for exclusive content. Last week, the world watched with raised eyebrows as the US and China engaged in a game of tariff ping-pong.
