Facebook removes official page of postcard.news
Website famous for spreading fake news
Facebook has reportedly removed the official facebook page of postcard.news website, which is known for spreading fake news. The official postcard.news page is not appearing on the social media from Sunday. A few Facebook users updated status as “the awareness created against fake news of postcard.news and complaints given to Facebook have brought a result. Facebook has removed its page."
A few others are said to have received a message from the social media giant telling it has taken action against the postcard.news based on the complaints given by them. When attempted to open the official page of postcardnews, this message appears: “The page you requested cannot be displayed at the moment. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired. Or you may not have permission to view this page”.
More than five lakh people were following the postcard.news' Official Facebook page. Mahesh Vikram Hegde, who is known as a strong supporter of BJP, Sangh Parivar and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi; is one of the founders of the postcard.news website.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi follows Mahesh on Twitter. Recently, Mahesh was arrested for allegedly publishing fake news that Muslim youths attacked a Jain monk in Karnataka. Later he was released on bail. The fact of the matter was that the Jain monk was injured in an accident. postcard.news is notorious for spreading many such fake news.
The social media giant had recently said that it will take strict action against spreading the fake news on its platform.
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Remarks against St Francis Xavier: Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar gets bail
Panaji (PTI): A court in Goa on Saturday granted bail to right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar, who was arrested after he allegedly made derogatory comments against St Francis Xavier.
Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vasco, granted regular bail to Khattar, currently admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for treatment of chest pain after he was shifted from the District Hospital in Mapusa two days back.
A row erupted after a video of remarks by Khattar, the founder of Sanatan Mahasangh, at an event on April 18 in the presence of Swami Brahmeshanand, State Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLAs Sankulp Amonkar and Daji (Krishna) Salkar, went viral.
St Francis Xavier is revered as the patron saint of Goa.
The controversial remarks led to the Vasco Police registering an FIR against Khattar on charges of hurting religious sentiments and creating enmity between groups.
He was detained in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, by local police. His custody was later handed over to the Goa Crime Branch, according to officials.
