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The Indian government on Saturday directed social media platforms to prevent the dissemination of hoax bomb threats targeting airlines, schools, hospitals and hotels across the South Asian country.

Police confirmed that a package allegedly containing a bomb and addressed to Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing was a hoax.

The schools cancelled classes, evacuating the premises as police and bomb detection squads launched search efforts.

Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said they involved 28 international schools, seven private schools and two public schools.

Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said inspections at the schools in Selangor did not turn up any bombs there and the threats turned out to be hoaxes.

Ahmad Zahid said the viral media statement was a hoax and was fabricated by an irresponsible party.

Jones must pay the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for falsely claiming they were actors who faked the tragedy.

Parents of Jesse Lewis were harassed and were sent death threats in the false belief that they were lying about their son's death.

The viral news claiming that a body of a COVID-19 patient dumped in the sea in India and was found in Sabah waters is a hoax, said Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali.

People who used social platforms for news were less informed about major public affairs topics and more susceptible to believing rumours and hoaxes.

False beliefs that the coronavirus is a hoax or that vaccines would inject microchips into people have spread in the countries that were formerly under harsh Communist rule.

Google said it will prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on "dangerous content".

An internal review had shown that an operation likely based in Russia spent $100,000 on 3,000 Facebook ads promoting divisive messages in the months before and after the 2016 US presidential election.

Passengers jumped from a plane at a rural Australian airport on Tuesday when a threatening note, which turned out to be a hoax.

Ahmad Bashah says he had been receiving many enquiries on the authenticity of message since it went viral, when in fact it was a hoax carried out by irresponsible parties.

Hezbollah says Israel was still occupying Lebanese territory and put the onus on the Lebanese state to get Israeli forces out.

Beijing looks to improve its foothold in a region historically under the US sphere of influence.

Washington's approach changes dramatically with the initial meeting between US and Russian negotiators.

Doctors say a polymicrobial infection occurs when two or more micro-organisms are involved and can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi.

Sara Duterte makes her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.

I feel so full of life, so much energy, because everything's new and I'm just focused on what is up ahead, Hamilton says.

The UAE's stance matters as its one of four Arab nations that normalised ties with Israel during Trumps first term.

The megastar's "The Tortured Poets Department" record also topped four IFPI charts, the IFPI says.

Years of rebuilding work, including clearing unexploded ordinance and millions of tonnes of rubble lie ahead.

Liew Chin Tong says the restrictions would not affect the development of the domestic data centre ecosystem as a whole.