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 Fake news weaponised 

The Hindu Bureau            ra Ruangdej  CEO and co- 
HYDERABAD                   founder  Punch Up and 
                            WeVis from Thailand  
The menace of unverified    speak about how geo-polit- 
content  threat of its wea- ical actors  and political 
ponisation  the ease with   entities deliberately wea- 
which it fans hatred  and   ponise fake content 
the role of legal reforms      Senior Congress leader 
and technological checks    Digvijaya Singh expressed 
and balances to combat      concern over the relative 
disinformation  were key    ease with which hate was 
areas of focus at another   being spread   Today  tech 
panel discussion at the     companies control global 
Bharat Summit in Hydera-    narratives and encroach 
bad on Friday               upon citizens  rights  I 
   The discussion on  Fact  have been a personal vic- 
Vs Fiction  Countering Dis- tim of deepfakes and fake 
information  saw Thanisa-   news   he said