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
16 Jun, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
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 ...
14 Oct, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
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...
11 Jun, 2020, 10.55 PM IST
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),...
19 Mar, 2020, 08.16 AM IST