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Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that creation of fake news has turned out into an industry, senior writer Prof. Rajendra Chenni bemoaned that the civil society is not questioning fake news.

He was delivering the valedictory address of the two-day Swatantra Amrutha Mahotsavada Nadige, Prabuddha Bharatada Kadege State-level seminar organised by University of Mysores Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Research and Extension Centre at Vishwagnani auditorium in Manasagangothri campus here on Saturday.

Lashing out at the NEP-2020 (National Education Policy) Prof. Channi alleged that it is nothing but a new form of Manusmriti. Arguing that the aspirations of the majority population have not been met even after 75 years of independence, he contended that all the hopes that the country had during the time of independence have been dashed, with the majority population still fighting for their rights.

Prof. T.R. Maruthi in his address, said that those who are speaking about changing the constitution seems to have no idea of any alternatives. It is foolish to talk about changing the Constitution in the absence of ideas, he added.

Centre Director Dr. S. Narendrakumar, faculty Dr. J. Somashekar, Prof. Shabbir Mustafa, Prof. R. Indira and others were present.

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Catholic bishops have urged Kenyans to be cautious of fake news as the IEBC concludes the verification and tallying of presidential results.

Nyeri Archbishop Anthony Muheria, in a statement Sunday on behalf of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, advised Kenyans to guard against falling victim to fake news, especially on social media.

The statement, which was signed by conference chairman Martin Kivuva, said some people want to cause unnecessary panic.

The clerics urged Kenyans to treat any suspicious or alarming text, image or video they receive on social media with caution.

Cross-check messages you doubt with mainstream media. Let us join hands in preventing any form of incitement, the statement read.

The bishops also asked IEBC to expedite the tallying process to avoid causing more anxiety among Kenyans due to the length of time the process is taking.

The delay, they said, could generate unnecessary tension, rumours and hard feelings among Kenyans.

We understand the need for IEBC to be thorough in ensuring the process is credible. While we commend this effort, we also encourage IEBC to do whatever it takes to conclude the tallying process.

Commending candidates who have accepted results with dignity, the bishops asked them and their supporters to celebrate victory with respect and humility and the unsuccessful ones with grace.

The election has no loser because a successful democratic process is a win for all Kenyans, they said.

The clerics said Kenyans should endeavour to build a country whose democracy encourages competition among politicians and so unsuccessful candidates should not be regarded as losers but as Kenyans who have participated in the expansion of the countrys democratic space.

The bishops advised young people to reject any attempt to be used to cause skirmishes.

The contenders have a way to solve any dissatisfaction in the process through the courts. We remind you that engaging in unlawful acts does not help you in any way to build your future, the statement read.

Negative behaviour because of political differences will hurt you, your neighbour and the country. Be wise and stay focused on protecting your future.

They commended Kenyans and presidential contenders for showing patience, saying it is a lesson for Africa and the world.

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Nottingham Forest have not made a bid for Fiorentina left-back Cristiano Biraghi.

That's according to Fiorentina sporting director Daniele Prade, who dismissed the claim as "fake news" while talking to an Italian journalist about his club's summer transfer business.

It was reported yesterday (Tuesday) that Forest were in "advanced talks" to sign the Fiorentina captain, with a report in Italy saying Reds officials had met with the player's agent Mario Giuffrida. It was said Forest had tabled an eight-figure bid, while offering the player a four-year contract.

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Head coach Steve Cooper is said to be interested in a number of left-backs to provide competition to Harry Toffolo, given the injury to summer signing Omar Richards. Real Betis' Alex Moreno was among those linked, but he turned down the opportunity to stay in Spain.

Forest had seemingly turned their attention to Biraghi by making a bid. Now, according to Prade, that is not true. Nottingham Forest have not sent any bid for Biraghi - fake news, he told Fabrizio Romano.

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In a shocking turn of events, Mike Tyson lately called out the popular online streaming platform Hulu. He accused them of stealing his life rights. Hulu was all set to release an 8-episode limited series called Mike on the 25th of August. Inspired by the life and struggle of the former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, Mike promised to explore the tumultuous ups and downs of Tysons boxing career and personal life.

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However, with less than a month remaining, Tyson took to Twitter and besmirched Hulu, accusing the latter of stealing his story and calling them out in public. Tysons message was direct and indignant and it informed that he was not a black man Hulu thought they could sell at an auction.

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In a recent conversation with ESNEWS, Mike Tyson talked about what he thought of Hulus portrayal of him. He said, Its all fake stuff. They got probably most of the BS from the headlines of the stuff that I wrote. But they have no real significance and stuff. Not that I know of.

Here is what Tyson added next about Hulu and his individual documentary projects concerning his own life.

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Even after Mike Tysons protests and condemnation and the backlash that Hulu received from the fans, they are planning to go ahead with their controversial project. Tyson is in no mood to appreciate such greedy and exploitative behavior. On being asked if Hulu was still planning to go forward with their production of Mike, Tyson replied, I believe so, yeah. Further criticizing and expressing his disapproval, he added, Have you seen him jump ropes and train? Do you think the guy had two amateur fights?

Reportedly, Tyson is also working on his own story. So, when can the fans see that? Tyson replied saying, As soon as the fake news stuff is over. Then you will have the real exclusive story from my mouth.

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"In the age of fake news and disinformation, we need journalists more than ever to document the unseen and expose the fault lines in our society", Justice D. Y. Chandrachud has remarked.

The Supreme Court judge was delivering his address at the 11th Convocation and Founder's Day Ceremony at the O. P. Jindal Global University.

Following are the excerpts from his address :

"As I reach out to the parents across the stadium, I reach out to my own parents. You are fortunate to have your parents in the stadium. My parents are way above the twinkling stars. But I am today where I am and I exist today because of the unstinted dedication, the care, the love and the compassion which my mother showed to me as a sickly, young child who was given a wrong antibiotic in the 1960s and I survived to see the day thanks to just the love and affection which my parents gave me. I would like to congratulate your resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic which has transformed our lives. These unprecedented times have also made us aware of our innate ability to adapt and to be empathetic to others. We count on the blessing of life itself, countless others across the world have not been as fortunate", expressed Justice Chandrachud.

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MUMBAI : Imlie has done well on the TRP charts since it hit the screens.

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The audience is in love with the chemistry between Aryan and Imlie. Aditya is still disturbed by their relationship. Cheeni and Aryan's camaraderie has become the talk of the town.

Aryan asks Malini to get the footage and go to the police station with him and she gives the footage to the officer.

Just as she is about to speak against Imlie, Aryan interrupts her and tells the officer that Imlie is innocent. He convinces the officer that Imlie is being framed and that it werent her laddoos but the caterers laddoos that made the children sick. Malini is stunned by this and doesnt know what to say.

Imlie confronts Aryan to know why did her first get her arrested and then save her. He didn't even like the laddus then why did he take more. Just then Aryan reveals that she is out from this one but how will she prove her innocence in the fake news matter. Imlie challenges him that the truth will come out sooner or later.

Police brings Girish to the custody, Imlie sees him and starts beating him, Aryan intervenes and confronts him to confess his crime, he asks him to tell the truth about who bribed him to frame Imlie, when he is about to say the name, Malini attacks him and he falls unconscious. Malini asks Aryan to return to Delhi with her, Aryan apologises to Imlie and tells her that he never wants to see her again.

At home, Meethi tells Cheeni about everything that happened at the police station. Cheeni insists on knowing the truth about Imlie and Aryan, Meethi finally reveals that 6 years ago they got married but something happened and they got apart. Cheeni promises Meethi that she will bring them together no matter what. And if anyone tries to separate them then she will not spare the person.

What will happen now?

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In this photo illustration, the People's Republic of China flag logo is displayed on a smartphone screen on 25 July 2022. A Chinese marketing firm hosted a ring of at least 72 fake news sites in 11 languages with corresponding fake social media personas that pushed Chinese government talking points, according to research published Thursday.

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A Chinese marketing firm hosted a ring of at least 72 fake news sites in 11 languages with corresponding fake social media personas that pushed Chinese government talking points, according toresearchpublished Thursday.

NBC News has viewed the English-language sites, which obscure their ownership and authors. Their articles frequently criticized the U.S. and the West, and appeared to attempt to smooth over concerns in those countries, such as Chinalimiting democracy in Hong Kongandputting ethnic minority Uyghur citizens into detention camps.

According to Mandiant, the company that produced the report, the sites were hosted on internet infrastructure owned by a Chinese marketing company, Shanghai Haixun Technology.

It's unclear who would have organized the campaign, and neither a spokesperson for China's embassy in Washington nor Shanghai Haixun Technology responded to requests for comment. According to Shanghai Haixun'swebsite, the company offers clients in China the opportunity to get their talking points published on news sites in more than 40 languages and in more than 140 countries, and it boasts that it's gotten clients covered in English-language news outlets like The Associated Press and Reuters.

The report adds to a growing list ofexamplesofdisinformation operationsattributedto China, many of which have failed to gain much traction. Dakota Cary, a China analyst at the Krebs-Stamos Group, a cybersecurity company, said the ring of news sites appeared to be a clumsy attempt by a pro-China group to influence Western conversation.

"The campaign observed by Mandiant is another example of how China is unable to influence cultural narratives with inauthentic accounts and forged documents," said Cary, who was not involved in Mandiant's research.

In at least one case, the campaign appeared to have leveraged forged letters to smear an anthropologist, Adrian Zenz, who has publishedsignificant researchon China's treatment of Uyghurs.

The letters appear to have first surfaced online in December, when photographs of them were posted by the Twitter account of a persona named Jonas Drosten. That account has since been suspended, though Google has acached versionof theaccount that is still visible.

A Twitter spokesperson told NBC News it had suspended multiple accounts related to the campaign, but declined to share specifics.

The three letters all concern the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, the Washington think tank where Zenz works. The first, purportedly from the desk of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., thanks Zenz and appears to tie him to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, referred to simply as "Bannon." The other two appeared to be evidence of the foundation paying Zenz more than half a million dollars for his research.

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Spokespeople for Rubio's office and the foundation confirmed to NBC News that the letters are fake. However, they were treated as authentic in several articles about Zenz in the Shanghai Haixun news ring. China Daily, the country's primary state-sponsored English news outlet, alsowrote an articletreating them as authentic in May. Neither China Daily nor the author of that article, Mark Pinkstone, responded to requests for comment.

The use of forged U.S. government letters and fake social media profiles echoes a previous information operation that another cybersecurity firm, Recorded Future, hasattributed to Russia. In that campaign, the forged letters appeared designed to erode support for NATO, the U.S.-led military alliance.

Zenz is a common target for Chinese officials. Last year, the Chinese Communist Party's head of propaganda, Xu Guixiang, held anews conferencededicated to trying to discredit him.

Zenz told NBC News that while he is used togetting criticism from China for his work, this is the most elaborate effort to date.

"I've been subjected to lots of smear campaigns," Zenz said in a phone call. "This one seemed to be slightly more sophisticated because it tried to build a credible argument, with connections, using even fake documents, trying to build a narrative that some people could believe."

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Mumbai Bollywood star Alia Bhatt, who is currently expecting her first bundle of joy with husband Ranbir Kapoor, is currently going through a very busy phase in her life. While she is expecting her first child post a dreamy wedding with the actor, on the professional front she has two big projects lined up for release first is the OTT movie Darlings and second is Brahmastra: Part One Shiva.

Both projects are very special to her. The Netflix movie Darlings where she co-stars with powerhouse performers like Shefali Shah and Vijay Varma, is her maiden production under Eternal Sunshine Productions banner. Brahmastra: Part One Shiva, which is set to debut on September 9 in cinemas, is her first film opposite her hubby Ranbir.

In a recent conversation with IANS, Alia spoke about the spotlight on her personal life more than professional, her experience as a debutante producer and working with the cast of Darlings.

The overwhelming coverage around her personal life in the media may give an impression that her work is not in the media focus but, Alia gracefully disagrees, I feel there is a lot of focus on my work. Unfortunately, the nature of showbiz is such that people are interested to know about your personal life and as an actor you sign up for that.

But, theres one thing that irks her and rightly so the fake news.

Alia says, The only thing that I get annoyed with is people making up fake news. But, again thats something thats difficult to control in the digital sphere.

She claims that venturing into production has had no effect on the actor in her. For a generous amount of time on the Darlings sets, she walked around like an actor hired to do a job and not the producer of the film.

She says in a matter of fact manner: The actor in me hasnt changed much because of the producer in me. In fact, when we were shooting the film I was majorly on the sets as an actor and not as a producer. Having said that, the producer in me majorly came into play after the film was finished.

As an actor, once the film is wrapped up, youre done. You get back into the action during the promotions or closer to the release of the project. But as a producer, you have to be with the film at every step planning and strategising, monitoring the post-production, checking the edit and the cut till its out for the audience.

I have always been involved in all my films as an actor but this project took me a step further.

The film features an interesting line-up of actors, in addition to Shefali and Vijay, it has another Vijay Vijay Maurya and Rajesh Sharma.

Casting for Alia is of prime importance, something that can make or break a film, When I watch a movie, I get impressed when the casting of the film is very detailed. You can see the hard work of the casting directors, their assistants and that of the entire team put together.

Finally, she talks about her camaraderie with fellow actress Shefali Shah, who plays her mother in the film, Shefali and I are not at all on the same page before a scene. Off the camera, theres something else going on in her mind and I am in my own zone.

Its only when the camera rolls, we spontaneously switch into our characters and thats how we build up the scene, she concludes. (IANS)

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Houston - The Aug 2nd trade deadline has come and gone. The Houston Astros, currently sitting atop the AL West by a double-digit margin and holding the #2 seed also by double digits, made a series of moves to shore up deficiencies in the outfield, catcher, and pitching positions. Made some quality moves, I think, noted Dusty Baker, sitting in his office sampling his latest summer Cabernet Sauvignon.

When the dust settled from all the activity, the Houston Astros picked up Trey Mancini, who can play at the First Base/Outfield/Designated Hitter Positions. Current Os GM and former Astros executive Mike Elias was reportedly happy with the prospects they picked up. He was also checking in from an undisclosed location, as there was some, uh, discontent from Baltimore about the move, and he made this decision out of caution. They also picked up Boston catcher Christian Vasquez, in an attempt to shore up the hitting, or lack thereof, from the catching position (update: Vasquez, in his first at-bat for the Astros, grounded out, so most would say he is fitting right in). To shore up the relief corps, Houston picked up Will Smith from Atlanta Cant beat em, steal em from the champs, opined an unnamed staffer from the Astros.

With all of these moves, the Astros would appear to be setting themselves up for another long post-season run. Yet, there was a sense of more immediate urgency from the Astros brain trust.

Well, ok, we are thinking about the post-season and all. Yes, there is the potential to try to maybe catch the Yankees for home field. Maybe, just maybe, we can win a few home games in a key playoff series or something like that, noted Astros GM James Click Yet, we werent sure we were going to make all that many moves. Coming into the the All-Star Break, we were sitting in a good position for the division and playoff seeding. Wed even run the gauntlet of the New York schedule and crushed it. Going with a 6-man starting rotation and possibly upping it to 7 with Lance [McCullers] coming back. A lineup that is starting to find the rangeyeah, life is good.

However, we saw a huge problem right as we came out of the All-Star Break. When we played the Yankees and the white-hot Mariners, we ran the table, going a nice 5-0. Then, we take a nice trip to Oakland, to play the dead-last As. Then we get swept. [Expletive Deleted] swept by those guys. After they took 2 out of 3 from us right before the break. Ok, maybe we were tired and just wanted to get to the off-time for that first one, but we lost to them. Good grief, [at the time of this interview] we are 0-5 against teams with a non-winning record since the break, 0-5!!!!! raged Click.

The Click diatribe continued: Unfortunately, this is not a new phenomenon for the Astros. We all remember last year when this squad simply could not get past those pesky, dangerous last-place squads. Detroit gave us so, so much trouble. Good grief, the Baltimore Orioles, whove held on to the #1 pick in the draft for at least the past half-decade, swept us at home. They were the worst team in baseball, and they up and swept us. At home. It wasnt even the World Series.

There were some signs that we were better about this in 22. Been handling the Rangers just fine, and the Angels. We even swept the As the first time we played them this year. Yet, since June, weve had some of those issues again. Lost a home series against Miami, then lost our last two series against the As...and we have a ton more games against them this year. Heck, the Red Sox, who are last in the AL East, have won the season series against us. Ok, if they are over .500, maybe, just maybe, we have a chance.

The unnamed exec continued Look, I dont want to panic, but while a 8-1 record against teams with a winning record after the All-Star Break is great, that 0-5 number is not looking so good. If we cant beat those last-place teams, especially with the acquisition of Mancini and Vasquez, we are in deep, deep trouble.

While some personnel remained worried, others took a more serene approach.

Look, I dont like the fact that we are struggling against the As, but in the bigger picture, I think we will be just fine. observed owner Jim Crane. Besides, Ive been enjoying life and rubbing it in every time I see [MLB Commissioner Rob]Manfred and [New York Yankees General Manager Brian] Cashman about how the all-mighty fightin Judges, er, the Yankees, struggled against us, a team that struggles against the As. I am not worried. Now, if we once against have home field in the World Series, then Ill show some concern. Until then, its all good.

Only time will tell if the recent acquisitions will pay off for the Astros. Will they help solve the biggest current crisis of the Astros struggling against their biggest foes: Last place teams? We will have to wait and watch. If they can get past that major roadblock, then we shall see what the Astros will do in the post-season. Until then, we shall wait and watch, just like the rest of the world.

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Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 21:26 UTC Citizens need to be well informed before expressing their preference when voting, Fux argued

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Chief Justice Luiz Fux said Wednesday that spreading information known to be false during the election period is a threat to the democratic system. For him, Brazil has instruments to combat head-on this risk.

The magistrate insisted during a seminar on the subject at the STF headquarters in Brasilia that a legal response to that matter is provided for in the current civil, criminal and electoral legislation. Brazil is a country that, watching over its democracy, of the government by the people and for the people, prohibits fake news, Fux explained.

He added there was also a need for informational smoothness and that citizens needed to be well informed before expressing their preference when voting.

STF Justice Lus Roberto Barroso also pointed out in his speech that Brazil was going through a delicate moment in democracy, and that authoritarian populism seeks to make use of disinformation, hate, offense, and conspiracy theories.

The STF took part in a seminar on fake news and freedom of speech, co-organized with the German Embassy. The Europan country's Constitutional Court Justice Sibylle Kessal-Wulf also delivered a speech.

Despite all announcements indicating otherwise, technicians from the Armed Forces went Wednesday to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) in Brasilia to inspect the source codes of the electronic ballot box and electronic voting systems. They held meetings with technicians from the Electoral Justice Department, after which they were due to inspect the TSE's facilities in search of source code glitches.

The inspection came after Defense Minister Paulo Srgio Nogueira sent a note Monday to the TSE demanding to have very urgent access to the data. The TSE replied that access to all source codes used in Elections 2022 have been available since October last year for those overseeing the electoral process, including the Armed Forces. Since the 2020 municipal elections, the TSE has been expanding the list of entities that can have free access to the source codes of the electronic voting system, developed by the Electoral Justice's own programmers. (Source: Agencia Brasil)

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