Fact-checkers are already fighting the spread of falsehoods from Telegram
Fact-checkers in Ukraine, Germany and India were already contending with the spread of mis- and…
January 29, 2021
India
IFCN’s WhatsApp chatbot is now available in Hindi and ready to fight COVID-19 hoaxes
The International Fact-Checking Network’s COVID-19 WhatsApp chatbot will now be available in Hindi –– the…
June 11, 2020
Why would Indian police issue and then withdraw a manual on misinformation? Political divides could be the answer
The COVID-19 infodemic has brought chaos and violence to India. In late March, viral rumors…
May 20, 2020
Politicians worldwide demonstrate why they’re not experts on the coronavirus
Even though some elected officials have medical backgrounds, they’re not always experts when it comes…
March 6, 2020
Worried about post-trauma disorders, fact-checkers in India set guidelines for self-care
Working with traumatic imagery is a daily routine for fact-checkers in India. A video showing…
December 10, 2019
There is a growing tribe of truth warriors fighting false news in India
November 12, 2019
A third of misleading posts about Kashmir come from Pakistan, say Indian fact-checkers
Between Aug. 5 and Sept. 5, the Indian fact-checking platform BOOM spotted 49 misleading messages…
September 11, 2019
WhatsApp is limiting message forwarding to cut down on fake news
Users will only be able to forward messages to a certain number of chats at…
July 20, 2018
In one month, Facebook doubled the countries using its fact-checking tool all outside the West
What started as a pilot project 16 months ago is now one of Facebook’s primary…
April 18, 2018
India issued fake news guidelines to the press. Then it reversed them.
Journalists in New Delhi panicked last week when the government issued a circular with new…
April 10, 2018
Opinion: Why the ‘India’s Daughter’ ban is bad for journalism
The Indian government’s decision to ban the BBC’s documentary “India’s Daughter,” about the brutal gang rape on…
March 9, 2015
