President Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap US fact-checkingUS President Joe Biden criticised Meta for ending fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US. He called it shameful. Meta's decision...
Meta policy reversal puts question mark on future of fact-checkingMedia outlets face uncertainty as Meta halts its US fact-checking program, ending a critical revenue stream for many organisations. Meta's ...
Disinformation experts slam Meta decision to end US fact-checkingThe company's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said that it is going to "get rid" of its third-party fact-checkers in the United States. A...
Fact: check or mate? States embrace fact check units amid freedom of speech concernsDifferent state governments are in the process of setting up fact check units to combat misinformation. But, can they be neutral and indepe...
Technology firms to support non-profit forming SRO to vet fact-checkersAlthough Snap, Twitter and Jio haven't officially confirmed that they will support MCA, others like Google, Meta, ShareChat and Koo have gi...
Google, YouTube to invest $13.2 million to help fight misinformationIn a bid to further fight misinformation, Google and YouTube have announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Networ...
US elections 2020: Facebook India fact checker NewsMobile and UC Berkeley startup FakeNetAI to detect deep fakes on social mediaOther fact checkers said while Facebook has not issued any new guidelines or instructions to Indian fact checkers for the US elections and ...
Members of fact-checking team of Facebook left-leaning: BJP leadersA general view, cutting across party lines, also emerged in the meeting that there was a need to make changes in laws to regulate some aspe...
It's upto Facebook to respond on its fact checking programme, say FB fact-checkers after IT minister raises concernsIn February last year, ahead of India's general elections, Facebook had expanded its third-party fact-checking programme by adding five new...
IFCN launches WhatsApp chatbot about COVID-19 in HindiWhatsApp has over 400 million users in India, where around 44 per cent of the population understands the Hindi language. The IFCN, therefor...
International Fact-Checking Network launches a WhatsApp bot to fight Covid-19 misinformationThe IFCN's bot provides users with a global directory of fact-checking organizations. The system is capable of identifying the user's count...
WhatsApp does its bit, donates $1 mn to International Fact-Checking Network, launches coronavirus info hubThe messaging app has worked with a number of national health ministries.
WhatsApp donates $1 million to International Fact-Checking Network for coronavirus facts allianceWhatsApp said The WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub has been launched to provide simple, actionable guidance for health workers, educato...
Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?With never-seen-before levels of misinformation and fake news, fact-checking has assumed renewed importance.
Amul marketeer GCMMF becomes 15th top global dairy orgnisation"GCMMF, which markets the popular Amul brand of milk and dairy products, is the fastest growing dairy organisation in the entire world," th...
No milk price hike by Amul after record procurementRecord milk procurements by the dairy brand Amul could put breaks on the milk price rise for now.
- Amul amongst wolrd's top 21 dairy businesses
IFCN has provided ranking of dairy processors by its milk intake as per details: IFCN Ranking