GPS chips and radioactive ink in new notes: Top 10 fake news in 2016

Along with India's national anthem being declared the 'Best National Anthem In The World'

Breaking News - From currency to salt–very little escaped the reach of fake news in 2016. Rumours spread from WhatsApp and other social media into the mainstream media. Institutions such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had to step in and tell us what was true. Even Facebook and Google, two of the world’s biggest Internet companies, sat up and took notice.

Such news can have widespread reach: India is one of the biggest markets for several social media and communication companies–it has 160 million of WhatsApp’s one billion-plus monthly active users, 148 million Facebook users, and over 22 million Twitter accounts.

Here are some of the most popular Indian fake news stories of 2016:

1. UNESCO declares PM Modi best Prime Minister

2. UNESCO declares Jana Gana Mana best national anthem

3. UNESCO declares new Rs 2,000 note best currency in the world

4. New notes have a GPS chip to detect black money

5. New notes have radioactive ink

6. WhatsApp profile pictures can be used by ISIS for terror activities

7. RBI declares the Rs 10 coin invalid

8. Jayalalithaa’s ‘secret daughter’ and heir lives in the US

9. Salt shortage in India

10. “Nehru Govt has stood like a Banyan Tree”: Mark Tully

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