India
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
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
Viral hoaxes about local politicians, false information about medicine and rumors of child kidnapping have…
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
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