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Hyderabad: Woman arrested for kidnapping a TV anchor to marry him, had installed a car tracking device to monitor his movement

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2024

A 31-year-old businesswoman was arrested on Feb 22 for stalking and kidnapping a TV anchor with the intent of marrying him.

News Reports

I have come across some deepfake photos of me, fake accounts impersonating me on X: Sara Tendulkar asks social media platforms to take action

Rukma Rathore - 22 November, 2023

Sara Tendulkar called out fake X accounts and expressed concern over deepfake photos in an Instagram story.

News Reports

Rajasthan govt issues order instructing Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra volunteers to open fake accounts on Twitter and Facebook: Full details

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2022

Rajasthan govt suspended an official after he instructed Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra volunteers to open fake accounts on social media

News Reports

Multiple fake profiles of Draupadi Murmu flood social media as the presidential race kicks off

OpIndia Staff - 26 June, 2022

Hundreds of accounts with the name Draupadi Murmu have appeared on Twitter, all of which are fake

News Reports

Elon Musk slams Twitter for “resisting and thwarting” his right to information about fake accounts, warns of dropping deal

OpIndia Staff - 6 June, 2022

Elon Musk has alleged that Twitter is withholding information about active fake accounts on its platform from him.

News Reports

Twitter stock crashes after Elon Musk Tweets that the ‘Twitter deal is temporarily on hold’, here is what he said

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2022

Elon Musk had earlier stated that one of his main priorities is to rid the micro-blogging platform of spam accounts.

News Reports

Delhi Police busts ‘sextortion’ racket that blackmailed people on social media using fake women profiles, one Hakmuddin arrested

OpIndia Staff - 17 October, 2021

The sextortion gang sent Facebook requests and lured men and young people by posing as women and later blackmailed them

Politics

Oops, he did it again! Kejriwal falls for yet another parody account, mistakes ‘Poonam Pandit’ for BKU’s Naresh Tikait

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2021

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has yet again fallen for a fake account. This time it was one of Naresh Tikait.

OpIndia Scoops

How Pakistanis are using current Punjab farmer protests to fuel pro-Khalistan sentiments

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2020

While Khalistani elements have infiltrated the Punjab farmer protest against free market, our neighbouring country Pakistan seems to have even more nefarious agenda.

News Reports

Mumbai Police marks 1.5 lakh Twitter accounts for posting ‘defamatory content’ against state govt, initiates legal action

OpIndia Staff - 4 November, 2020

The team of cyber experts with Mumbai Police has marked approximately 1.5 lakh Twitter accounts during the technical investigation, most of them were allegedly sharing 'defamatory content' against the Maha government.

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