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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
India’s election ends this week. And at least one political party is spreading hoaxes about voter fraud.
Fact vs. Fake is a weekly column in which we compare the reach of fact…
Is WhatsApp’s new tip line debunking hoaxes about the Indian election? Not really.
In India, WhatsApp is a major driver of misinformation. On Monday, The Atlantic published an…
WhatsApp is limiting message forwarding to cut down on fake news
Less than two weeks after it announced a feature to label forwarded messages, WhatsApp is…
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…
