Man awarded â¹8.4 cr after fake news damages his reputation
A Canada-based businessman, Altaf Nazerali, has been awarded $1.2 million (â¹8.4 crore) in damages after he was defamed in a series of fake news articles. The articles, published in 2011, were put on a website owned by American blockchain investor Patrick Byrne. The articles depicted Nazerali as a drug trafficker, arms dealer and a financial supporter of Al-Qaeda. 