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New Delhi:  The government is likely to send tough message like abide by law or face prosecution to India heads of social media platforms if the recommendations of a high-level government panel, which discussed steps to curb fake news and misinformation besides child pornography, are accepted.

The issue was discussed by a committee of secretaries, which was constituted following lynching of nearly 40 people in last one year suspectedly due to circulation of fake news in popular social media platforms like WhatsApp, an official privy to the development said.

New Delhi: With the Congress president Rahul Gandhi among the first political leaders congratulating M K Stalin after he took over as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s chief, speculation is rife that both the parties may reach some kind of understanding in the days to come.

 “Congratulations to Shri M K Stalin on being elected President of the DMK. I wish him happiness & success as he begins a new chapter in his political journey,” Gandhi tweeted.

The two leaders are known to share a good rapport. The relations between the two parties have improved since the DMK quit the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) after almost nine years in March 2013.

New Delhi: In the run-up to Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India plans to implement many measures to curb circulation of fake news on social media.

Chief election commissioner (CEC) OP Rawat said, who was in Bhopal to assess the preparations for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections said the poll panel was keeping a close watch on circulation of fake news to ensure that it is not used to influence voters.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has suggested coordinator of the National Register for Citizens exercise Prateek Hajela to explore the possibility of reverifying 10 per cent of the data to ensure it was error-free as the court expressed its reservations over the proposed standard operating procedure (SOP) suggested by the Union government to deal with the claims of four million persons excluded from the National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam.

The register was itself mandated by the court as part of an effort to identify illegal migrants in the state.