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Scam Alert: Fake WhatsApp Tax Notices Send Users Malware During ITR Season
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (554+ words) In a new form of scam, scammers are tricking taxpayers during the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing season by using fake government documents, duplicate e-filing websites, and viruses to steal banking passwords and hack into phones and computers. These bad…...
Centre Issues Notices To Telegram, Signal Over Username Features
4+ week, 1+ day ago (322+ words) According to Financial Express, the notices to Telegram and Signal were sent on 2 July 2026, with the government specifically asking Telegram to justify the continued availability of its username feature. The ministry has sought information on how these platforms are addressing…...
The Username Feature That Got Telegram Banned is Now WhatsApp's Big Privacy Sell
4+ week, 2+ day ago (885+ words) On 29 June, WhatsApp began letting users reserve usernames, and later this year, it will allow you to message someone new without revealing your phone number—for the first time in its 17-year history. Meta is calling it a privacy milestone....
Fact-Check: Fake Amul Advertisement Making Fun of TMC Shared as Real
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (25+ words) Fact-check: An image falsely claiming to show a recent Amul advertisement that takes a dig at TMC is going viral on the internet....
Is That Viral Message True? Chat With Our New AI Bot To Find Out!
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (366+ words) In partnership with Meedan, we have built a new conversational AI-driven bot to help you stay updated and access fact-checks and news reports on the go, on your smartphone. Think of this as a work in progress that gets smarter…...
Top Samsung Galaxy S Series Phones To Buy In India In 2026
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (278+ words) Here are the best Samsung Galaxy S series models available right now, including the best Samsung phone under Rs. 1,00,000: Why it works: The most compact model in the S26 lineup, with a 6.27-inch FHD+ 120Hz display that fits comfortably in one hand....
The Pujarini Pradhan Debate Wasn’t About Her. It Was About Us
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (959+ words) In the past week, the internet has been gripped by a familiar cycle. A new creator gained popularity and attention, only to be subjected to scrutiny that quickly shifted from curiosity to suspicion. At the centre of this moment is…...
The Digital Nameplate: Does It Really Increase Trust?
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (613+ words) “Pravin Kumar is calling.” In the split second it takes for a smartphone screen to illuminate, a psychological shift occurs. An anonymous string of digits, typically met with the squint of skepticism or the thumb-swipe of rejection, is suddenly replaced…...
Private Messaging Apps Allow Misinformation to Flourish Unchecked, Report Finds
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (859+ words) Encryption on private messaging apps benefit users while proving to be a hurdle to keeping misinformation and illegal content in check. A report, titled 'Identifying Solutions to Protect Information Integrity on Private Messaging Platforms', published by the Forum on Information…...
WEF Calls Cyber Fraud ‘Pervasive’ Threat as India Faces Rising Scam Losses
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (668+ words) A recent report on global cybersecurity by the World Economic Forum (WEF) called cyber fraud "one of the most pervasive global threats" in 2026. In a survey they conducted, 77 percent of 804 participants from 92 countries, which included C-suite executives, academics, civil society…...