Fact Check
- India
Fake news policing: Govt to hold separate consultation next month on PIB fact check, says MoS IT
New Delhi: Amid outrage over a plan to give powers to its arm PIB to police fake news on social media, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday said that the government will…
- India
After repeated debunks, video of Muslim leader ‘spitting on food’ resurfaces
Despite fact-checking a video and proving its claims to be false, a video of a Muslim religious leader blowing on a plate filled with food has again gone viral with the same…
- Technology
Meta’s fact-checking programme will now include more Indian languages
New Delhi: Meta, formerly known as Facebook, on Tuesday announced that it is expanding its third-party fact-checking programme in India to include NewsMeter – a fact checker primarily focused on the southern…
- India
Delhi: Alt News co-founder, journalist Mohammad Zubair arrested
New Delhi: Fact-checking website, Alt news’ co-founder Mohammed Zubair was arrested in the national capital on Monday for allegedly hurting sentiments of a particular religious community, the police said. The police had…
- India
GPS in Rs 2000 note: KBC ad encourages fact-checking
The latest advertisement for Amitabh Bachchan‘s TV show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ flashes back to 2016, when new currency notes were released in India. Along with the notes, rumors also began circulating about…
- India
‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri shares fake death threat letter online
A letter shared by ‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri, in another attempt to promote enmity between Hindus and Muslims, was found to be fake by a fact-checking company. Alt News, on…
- Technology
Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking pilot in US
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has reportedly announced an expansion to its Birdwatch scheme, which sees volunteer fact-checkers vet potentially-misleading tweets. The company said that, as of right now, a small randomised…
- Technology
Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking pilot in US
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has reportedly announced an expansion to its Birdwatch scheme, which sees volunteer fact-checkers vet potentially-misleading tweets. The company said that, as of right now, a small randomised…
