Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Misinformation, disinformation being used as tool of warfare, says Bilawal

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KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that disinformation and misinformation have become powerful tools of modern conflict. Speaking at a Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) event in Karachi, Bilawal stated, “Just as the Pakistani armed forces defeated India on the battlefield, the Pakistani media has triumphed over Indian media … Read more

Misinformation, fake news problems of entire world: Tarar

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said that misinformation, disinformation, and fake news were problems of the entire world which had to be controlled.

During a meeting with the Political Counselor of the British High Commission Miss Zoe Ware, the minister said the biggest challenge on social media was fake news and the government was dealing with this problem.

In the meeting, relations between the two countries, and the promotion of cooperation in the fields of media were discussed in detail. Cooperation in the fields of film and drama was also discussed.

Attaullah Tarar said that journalists should adopt the process of verification on social media and the whole world should develop a code of conduct related to social media.

Miss Zoe Ware congratulated the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz(PML-N) on forming the government and Attaullah Tarar on assuming charge as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

The UK diplomat assured her full cooperation for the promotion of bilateral relations between Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

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‘Misinformation’ must be countered through unified response: COAS

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday emphasized that misinformation and propaganda by inimical forces threaten national cohesion, which must be identified and countered collectively through a unified response. Read more: COAS terms fake news, disinformation as a threat to national security: Fawad Chaudhry The Army Chief was addressing the … Read more

Google to stop pairing ads with climate change misinformation

Google to stop pairing ads with climate change misinformation

Google on Thursday said it will no longer post ads next to misinformation about climate change on its search engine or on global video-sharing platform YouTube. The new policy for Google advertisers, publishers, and YouTube creators will prohibit the platforms from helping people make money from content that “contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change.” That includes online content referring to climate change as … Read more

Coronavirus: Muslims face discrimination and violence in India

Coronavirus: Muslim face discrimination and violence in India

Series of incidents reported in different states of India where Muslims were being subjected to discrimination on the basis of their religion during the global pandemic of coronavirus. Jamshedpur, an industrial town in the state of Jharkhand, where a 30-year-old Muslim woman Rizwana Khatun alleged that she had been verbally and physically abused and faces … Read more

Coronavirus: How Facebook discouraging spread of misinformation in Pakistan?

Coronavirus: How Facebook discouraging spread of misinformation in Pakistan?

Facebook recently introduced a new tool for the campaign against fake news and misinformation, whereby users will be warned if they were involved in any false information or fake news regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Facebook has also taken several steps to spread accurate information about Coronavirus to people in Pakistan, Facebook took initiatives in … Read more

Google invests $6.5 million to fight COVID-19 related misinformation

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Google says it will provide $6.5 million in funding to organizations combating misinformation around the globe, with “an immediate focus on coronavirus.” The initiative will see the company approach the problem from several different angles, working with a broad slate of non-profits. Misinformation organizations, which often operate on relatively small budgets, are seeing a surge in demand … Read more

#COVID19: Twitter fights back against misinformation by verifying experts

Twitter has taken a step ahead to fight misinformation in pandemic days and planning to verify accounts of more health experts to control fake news. According to the details, the microblogging site Twitter is likely to bring back its public-facing verification requests for health experts to battle the spread of misinformation in the wake of … Read more