While it is becoming increasingly difficult for anybody to know what is fake and what is not, the fact-checking organisations like DataLEADS and Internews (USA), are consistently and fiercely fighting the misinformation pandemic by spreading awareness. They have begun a special webcast series as a part of media literacy effortContinue Reading
Last year, 2019 saw a 25 to 50% increase in misinformation and disinformation. With major events like the Pulwama attack, elections, scrapping of article 370, CAA and NCR, the spread of fake news touched new highs. The entire narrative of the fake news machinery focussed on spreading communal hatred. TheContinue Reading
As a news verification trainer, spreading awareness among journalists and journalism students, I have realised that spreading misinformation and disinformation has become an industry in itself. Though Google News Initiative (GNI) against fake news, in partnership with Internews and DataLeads, has trained 15,000 journalists and journalism students in the pastContinue Reading