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Govt to fact check, flag fake news on social media; firms to be sued over inaction

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New Delhi: Internet firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter may lose protection under safe harbour if they fail to remove content identified by the government-notified fact-checker as false or misleading information, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday.
He said that fact-checkers are a reference point to fight against misinformation and rejected arguments that it will adversely impact “free speech”.
“If you want section 79 safe harbour protection as an intermediary then you have some obligation. The obligation is that you have to be proactive on misinformation.

“If you choose to have a disagreement with the fact checker, you can continue to have that on your platform but then the person who has been aggrieved by that disinformation and you will have a legitimate dispute in the court … section 79 was a safe harbour. That will get removed,” he said.
Internet platforms and social media platforms such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and internet service providers etc fall within the ambit of an intermediary.
The safe harbour clause protects intermediaries from legal action on them for any objectionable content posted online by their users.
The IT ministry will notify an entity that will flag false information posted online pertaining to the government, Chandrasekhar said.
While releasing guidelines under the IT rules 2021, the minister said that the work on fact check is still in progress.

“Government has decided to notify an entity through Meity and that organisation then would be the fact checker for all aspects of content online and only those content that are related to the government,” Chandrasekhar said.
Chandrasekhar said “Dos and Don’ts” around fact-checking will be shared before it is notified.
“We will certainly have an outliner on what the organisation will look like. Whether it will be PIB fact check and what will be the dos and don’ts. We will certainly have that shared as we notify,” the minister said.
He said that PIB needs to be notified to be a fact checker under the IT rules.
“Odds are that it will be a PIB fact check unit that will be notified. The reason we have not said PIB fact check explicitly under the rule is that it has not been notified under the IT rule,” Chandrasekhar said.
The minister said intermediaries have asked the government to notify a fact checker on whom they can rely for their due diligence around false information.
“We will notify fact-checkers under Meity to essentially help intermediaries decide what is misinformation or not. If they are able to do it on their own, fine. If they need help with government information, there will be a fact checker,” Chandrasekhar said.
The minister said that intermediaries can continue to contest content flagged by the notified fact check entity but they may lose safe harbour protection under the IT Act.
The government as part of the amendment in the IT Rules 2021 has mentioned that “in respect of any business of the Central Government, is identified as fake or false or misleading by such a fact check unit of the Central Government as the Ministry may, by notification published in the Official Gazette”.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 7, 2023
Cybercriminals steal about $400k in cryptocurrencies via fake Tor Browser

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New Delhi: Cybercriminals have stolen about $4,00,000 using Tor Browser malware, affecting more than 15,000 users across 52 countries in 2023, a new report showed on Monday.
According to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, the Tor Browser malware operates by replacing a portion of the entered clipboard contents with the cybercriminal’s own wallet address once it detects a wallet address in the clipboard.
“Despite the fake Tor Browser attack’s fundamental simplicity, it poses a greater danger than it seems. Not only does it create irreversible money transfers, but it is also passive and hard to detect for a regular user. Most malware requires a communication channel between the malware operator and the victim’s system,” said Vitaly Kamluk, Head of APAC Unit, Global Research & Analysis Team.

Cryptocurrency owners and traders are now actively being targeted by this new type of malware, which has been around for more than a decade and originally used by banking trojans for replacing bank account numbers, the report said.
The target user downloads a trojanized version of Tor Browser from a third-party resource containing a password protected RAR archive.
The purpose of the password is to prevent detection by security solutions. Once the file is dropped inside the user’s system, it registers itself in the system’s auto-start and is masqueraded with an icon of a popular application, such as uTorrent, according to the report.
Furthermore, the report mentioned that the malware targeted cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Monero.
These attacks have spread to at least 52 countries worldwide, with the majority of detections in Russia due to users downloading the infected Tor Browser.

The top 10 affected countries also include the US, Germany, Uzbekistan, Belarus, China, the Netherlands, the UK, and France.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 3, 2023
Under RTI Act, Advocate seeks details of officials, meetings, expenditure spent on fake PMO official in Kashmir

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Srinagar, Apr 01: An Advocate from Srinagar has filed an application under RTI Act to seek details about expenditure spent on trips, accommodation and security of Gujarat man who impersonated as PMO official.
As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the applicant has further sought details of the officials who held “official meetings” with conman; name of departments which spent “public money” on his transportation and accommodation.
As reported earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered an inquiry to probe into various aspects related to visits of alleged Gujarat conman, Kiran Patel to Kashmir during the past months and security arrangements made during his visit.
In his application, Advocate Aamir Masoodi has sought details of total amount spent on accommodation, transportation and other expenses of Patel on his last two visits to Kashmir.
An application addressed to Designated Information Officer in the office of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, the applicant has also sought details of concerned department who has paid the whole amount on behalf of Patel on his last two visits to Kashmir.
It further sought name of government officials posted in Kashmir who had meetings with Patel during his visits to Kashmir.
Patel was arrested by Police from a five-star hotel in Srinagar for posing as an ‘additional secretary’ in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and enjoying security cover besides other hospitality. On his arrest in Srinagar, FIR No 19 of 2023 was registered against him at Police Station Nishat for criminal intention and indulging in activities by employing high degree of forged means.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar has said they were checking the lapses in the present case and action will be taken against the officer involved.

“There was negligence on the level of a field officer and action will be taken,” Kumar said, adding that the police acted quickly against Patel when they got to know about the case.
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

April 1, 2023
Indian Currency: New Update Came! 500 note kept in pocket can be fake, RBI has given the new way to identify fake notes – Kashmir News

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Indian Currency: New Update Came! 500 note kept in pocket can be fake, RBI has given the new way to identify fake notes – Kashmir News
The anonymous petitioner claimed to be Uma Maheswari, a resident of Mandi Mir Alam, and sent the letter to the National Police Academy, prompting the Telangana State Intelligence Department to take action.
The anonymous letter targeted a particular family from the Old City that includes an employee of Amazon. The letter claimed that Fatema Asadi is heading a banned terrorist organization named Saraya-Al-Mukhtar, based in Bahrain, and that her husband, an employee of Amazon, is also linked to the terrorist group.
The mischief monger claimed that the terrorist group is planning to target Sardar Vallabhbhai National Police Academy, Sri Ram Navmi Shobha Yatra, and the State BJP office, as well as suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh.
Upon receiving the information, the intelligence department swung into action and found the letter to be fake and based on false allegations.
A press clarification from the Hyderabad Police Commissioner’s office said that the complaint is false. Earlier, two similar complaints were lodged against Asad Abidi and his wife, accusing them of being terrorists.
The first petition was lodged in the name of Radhika Rangwal. The present petition is lodged in the name of Uma Maheshwari.

“We have inquired into the previous two petitions. The inquiry revealed that Asad Abidi is an employee of Amazon. His wife is a housewife and a resident of the Michowk area. His antecedents were also verified. They do not have any terrorist links,” said an official from the Hyderabad city police.
It is learned that Fatima and her sister were to be married within their relative circle. As Fatima married Asad Abidi, the affected family got offended. The above couple is suspecting a lady from that family, who is an advocate in Delhi.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 29, 2023
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March 26, 2023
Web designer arrested for filing fake rape complaint against 2 Gurugram men

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Gurugram: A 22-year-old woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly falsely accusing two men of gang-raping her and extorting from them Rs 2 lakh for withdrawing her complaint, police said.
The woman works as a web designer with a Noida-based private media Management Company.
She had earlier lodged a similar complaint at Aman Vihar Police Station in Rohini in Delhi, police said, adding she was produced in a city court Thursday and was sent to judicial custody.
According to police, the woman had filed rape complaints against two men on March 17 at Sector 53 Police Station. She also extorted from them Rs 2 lakh, which was transferred into her account by the brother of one of the victims.
“She further demanded from them Rs 4 lakh more. A police team led by Inspector Amit Kumar, SHO of Sector 53 Police Station, arrested her during the investigation of the case,” Virender Vij, DCP, east, said.
According to police, when the woman was produced in the court for recording her statement under section 164 of CrPC, she retracted her statement.
“Later we got the information that she had also filed a similar rape complaint in Delhi earlier. On suspicion, we started the investigation and her allegations were found to be false,” said Inspector Amit Kumar.
The woman has been booked under sections 384 (extortion), 385 (putting a person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion), and 389 (putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt in order to commit extortion) of the IPC at Sector 53 Police Station, said police.

The woman had filed a complaint against a Facebook friend of hers and his companion, accusing them of taking her to a PG in the Sector 53 area and raping her there.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 23, 2023