While Mahakumbh 2025 is being widely praised worldwide, some elements are attempting to create rumours about this religious and cultural gathering of Sanatan Dharma by spreading fake videos and misleading news on social media.
On the death anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid floral tribute to the founding member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and the architect of Antyodaya and Integral Humanism.
The poll panel has brought to the notice of political parties the existing legal provisions that govern the regulatory framework against the use of misinformation and impersonation using deep fakes.
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.
