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Opinion | Why health fact-checking is still important

It’s not just COVID — it’s measles, HPV, fake cures and more

April 4, 2024

Jisha Krishnan

MediaWise and FactShala partner to launch media literacy project in India

The educational video series will be a joint partnership between Poynter and DataLEADS.

December 20, 2023

Brittani Kollar

How the Indian government aims to take the role of independent fact-checkers

A government-run fact-checking unit could supplant the active work of independent fact-checkers who fact-check claims about the government.

April 13, 2023

Seth Smalley

Poynter and Meta partner to provide Fact-Checking Fundamentals for Asia-Pacific journalists

The self-paced fact-checking course is available in 15 languages, including Korean, Pashto, Urdu and more.

April 4, 2023

The International Fact-Checking Network

Fact checker detained in India for allegedly inflaming religious strife

Alt News journalist Mohammed Zubair is facing the wrath of Indian authorities.

July 7, 2022

Seth Smalley

Indian fact-checkers are tracking the patterns of falsehoods in the country

Trends include political falsehoods, communal rumors across India’s hyper-local cultures and ‘miracle cures’

May 13, 2022

Seth Smalley

Opinion | The challenges of combating misinformation in India

The diversity of language, culture and politics in India only makes the task of fact-checking more difficult.

April 5, 2022

Rahul Namboori

Election fraud claims proliferate in Germany, Peru and Brazil

Some of the claims are eerily similar to those debunked in the United States

June 17, 2021

Harrison Mantas

WhatsApp can be a black box of misinformation, but Maldita may have opened a window

Its chatbot allows fact-checkers to organize audience-submitted claims into a searchable database

June 9, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: India and Georgia look back at COVID-19’s information impact

This is the Apr. 8, 2021 edition of Factually.

April 8, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: International falsehoods deserve international attention

This is the Apr. 1, 2021 edition of Factually.

April 1, 2021

Harrison Mantas

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

Harrison Mantas

Electronic ballots are effective, fast and used all over the world — so why aren’t they used in the U.S.?

Countries as big as Brazil and India shifted to electronic ballot technology many years ago and the results have been very positive

November 4, 2020

Cristina Tardáguila

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

The International Fact-Checking Network

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

Harrison Mantas

Opinion | Why health fact-checking is still important

Opinion | The challenges of combating misinformation in India

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