Headlines- Iran peace talks get underway.
- According to Lebanon's Ministry of Health, Israeli military activity in three instances in the Nabatieh district resulted in at least ten fatalities and nine injuries.
- US Vice President J. D. Vance has arrived to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, to lead the cease-fire talks.
- The speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf is leading the delegation that has arrived to Pakistan for talks with the United States.
- As part of talks with Lebanon that are scheduled to begin next week, Israel stated on Friday that it will not negotiate about a truce with the militant pro Iran Hezbollah group.
- The president of Lebanon announced on Friday that Israel and Lebanon would meet in Washington, D.C., next week to talk about a truce and begin talks.
- More than 180 Hezbollah fighters were killed in airstrikes the Israeli military carried out in Lebanon two days prior, the Israeli military claimed on Friday.
- Hezbollah claims to have bombed Israeli military positions in southern Lebanon's Tyre and Shamaa.
- More than 3,000 Iranians have died as a result of U.S.-Israeli attacks since February 28, Abbas Masjedi, the head of Iran's Forensic Medicine Organization, said Mizan, the official news agency of the Iranian judiciary, on Thursday.
Category: Editor’s Take
AI Generated Disinformation and Misinformation
Google reverse image search can be used to find out-of-context images or old images that have been reused as new images to influence public opinion in favour of a particular ideology.
Spreading Fake News A Big Business
Disinformation, fake news, and propaganda can polarize public opinion, encourage hate speech and violent extremism, and eventually weaken democracies.
They Are Not Journalists But Propagandists
Politicians should remember that journalists have the right to act as eyes and ears of the public.Hostile attitudes towards media is a dangerous and alarming trend.Polarization even in media, saddens us the most.After all nationalist and popular leaders and their cronies use powerful instrument like television news to influence public opinion by controlling them.
Nationalism VS Patriotism
Nationalism is founded on the idea that one’s country is superior to others, but patriotism is based on a person’s love and devotion to their country. This is the main difference between nationalism and patriotism.
Verifying Fake News Hard Due to...
Fake news is created by organisations that pose as legitimate media outlets while spreading false or misleading information with the intention of twist public opinion in favor of certain ideology.So you have to detect how to find fake news,photos,disinformation spreading through various social media.
Journalist Should Act as Watchdog of...
We all know that journalism is the fourth pillar of democracy. It’s the duty of a journalist to act as a watchdog of the government. It is the duty of a journalist to keep a watch on the ruling government’s work and question the authority for matters of national importance.
Using Social Media, People Spread Fake...
Experts think the public’s trust in traditional media is eroding. Democracies are in danger because of the public’s declining faith in the media. Some people have misused social and digital platforms to deceive, mislead, or defame others by creating and sharing fake news and disinformation, rather than using digital tools to aware people and raise public discussion.
Freedom of Speech is Not Absolute
Though the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by article 19(1)(a) of the Indian Constitution,this freedom does not give us the right to offend people’s sensitivities, particularly religious sensibilities.
Paid Trolling Organized Dissemination of “Disinformation”...
Although not a new phenomena, internet trolling has significantly increased in recent years. Paid trolling is the organised propagation of “disinformation” online, a subset of misinformation that is purposefully false and misleading. It offers quick and cheap ways for governments, political groups, and tech companies to discredit their opponents.
Faking the Fake
Beware of Fake News or Fake Photos/Videos Relating to Communal Hatred.They generally use out of context or manipulated photos, videos to promote their agenda. agenda.You can use Google Images’ reverse search to find manipulated or out-of-context pictures.Just go to google images.