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Google collaborates with fact checkers to weed out misinformation in electionsIn a blog post, Google said as part of its commitment to enable the news ecosystem to combat misinformation, it will support Shakti, India ...
Fact checkers suggest a four-step fix to YouTube’s misinformation problemFact checkers from over 40 countries have sent a letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, urging her to take at least four steps to stop the c...
Fact-checkers from India, elsewhere urge YouTube CEO to act against disinformationBOOM, Fact Crescendo, Factly, NewsMobile, The Healthy Indian Project (THIP), The Logical Indian and Vishvas News were among the Indian fact...
Facebook adds its first health fact-checking partner in IndiaFacebook said the move is aimed at combating Covid-19 and all other health-related misinformation on the platform
The strange, sometimes sinister conspiracy theories on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death that flourished on social mediaMost of these theories have since been mainstreamed in various news channels — both on television and those who exclusively operate on the ...
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...
Coronavirus infodemic in its second stage: Fact checkersIn India, fact-checkers tell ET, the coronavirus infodemic is now in its second wave of sorts (the first one was China-focused in January),...
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