Centre shoots advisory to social media players to identify misinformation, deepfakes
The advisory also asked them to ensure that such cases are expeditiously acted upon well within the timeframes stipulated under the IT Rules 2021.
The advisory also asked them to ensure that such cases are expeditiously acted upon well within the timeframes stipulated under the IT Rules 2021.
Frances Haugen who is currently in the UK has told British MPs that Facebook is "unquestionably making hate worse", as the MPs consider imposing new rules on big social networks.
According to YouTube, their Community Guidelines already prohibit certain types of medical misinformation.
These include: vaccines don't work (up 437 per cent), contain microchips (up 156 per cent), people should rely on their "natural immunity" instead of getting vaccinated (up 111 per cent) and cause miscarriages (up 75 per cent).
Suspicion of human interaction is fuelled, more often than not, by fake news, wrong information and targeted disinformation, he said.
The 13 nations co-authored the cross-regional statement, which said that in times of the COVID-19 health crisis, "the spread of the 'infodemic' can be as dangerous to human health and security as the pandemic itself.
Last month, Twitter decided to curb the spread of fake news and misinformation by limiting the reach of some comments by President Donald Trump.
'This is a time for science and solidarity', said the UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres.
The first training will be on March 27 in Delhi with volunteers followed by many more planned interventions like hosting training workshops for representatives from rural and urban along with road shows across numerous colleges.
Facing flak from the government over dozens of lynching incidents in the country last year which were linked to rumours spread on WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service introduced several new measures, including limiting the number of messages that a user can forward to five and appointing a grievance officer for the country.