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US govt may be carrying out 'political censorship' in India under the pretext of counter disinformation
4 months, 4 weeks ago

US govt may be carrying out 'political censorship' in India under the pretext of counter disinformation

Op India  

The United States may be engaging in political censorship in India under the pretext of combating disinformation in the country through its embassies and consulates. As pointed out by ‘Disinfo Lab’, the US is using ‘counter disinformation’ to censor free speech on an “industrial scale.” The US House Committee on Weaponization of Federal Government has published a 98-page report in …

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US State Dept sets aside budget of ₹1.6 crores for hiring 'fact-checker' in India
5 months ago

US State Dept sets aside budget of ₹1.6 crores for hiring 'fact-checker' in India

Op India  

The Public Diplomacy Section of the US State Department has set aside a whopping $2,00,000 to recruit fact-checkers in India as part of its ‘Empowering Media Savvy Youth.’ Through this project, the Executive Department of the US federal government claims to confront ‘online manipulation’, combat ‘external influences’, secure digital landscape and reinforce regional security. It must be mentioned that US …

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India’s network of fact-checkers to accept applications from early 2024: MCA
1 year, 1 month ago

India’s network of fact-checkers to accept applications from early 2024: MCA

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Fact-Checking Network, the Indian version of the International Fact-Checking Network, will accept applications from fact-checking organisations from “early 2024”, the Misinformation Combat Alliance has said. In response to a questionnaire by HT, MCA said that “as on date, there is no regulatory or legislative requirement or framework for the FCN to interact with a government notified fact …

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As fact-check idea faces pushback, Karnataka says ready to work with independent unit
1 year, 2 months ago

As fact-check idea faces pushback, Karnataka says ready to work with independent unit

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government is willing to work with the Independent Fact-Checking Network to make its Information Disorder Tackling Unit more compatible with the IFCN’s code of principles, according to an email that the IFCN director Angie D. Holan sent to Indian IFCN signatories. Holan, according to people aware of the matter, briefed the government officials about the IFCN’s code of …

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Karnataka fact-check cell: 19 of 20 IFCN-accredited fact-checkers to stay away
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka fact-check cell: 19 of 20 IFCN-accredited fact-checkers to stay away

Hindustan Times  

Nineteen of the 20 International Fact-Checking Network -accredited Indian fact-checkers have not applied to be empanelled for Karnataka’s Information Disorder Tackling Unit, citing the lack of editorial independence and its focus on prosecution. Karnataka’s information technology minister Priyank Kharge earlier claimed that multiple fact-checkers have shown interest in getting empanelled when HT cited the contradiction. IFCN’s code of principles says …

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Decoding Karnataka’s plan to track hate speech, fake news
1 year, 2 months ago

Decoding Karnataka’s plan to track hate speech, fake news

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government has begun working on a unit that will scrutinise complaints and monitor the internet for misinformation and hate speech, according to tender documents and remarks by state’s information technology minister Priyank Kharge. Fact-check: Concerns over process For fact checking, the team can either receive content from the public or look at content that they or the analytics …

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Tasmanian Liberals say younger forests are better at sequestering carbon than old-growth forests. The science says otherwise
2 years, 5 months ago

Tasmanian Liberals say younger forests are better at sequestering carbon than old-growth forests. The science says otherwise

ABC  

CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab which recaps the latest in the world of fact checking and misinformation, drawing on the work of FactLab and its sister organisation, RMIT ABC Fact Check. "They don't understand that old-growth forests are actually net carbon emitters," claimed Liberal MP Felix Ellis. Belinda Medlyn, a professor at the University of Western Sydney …

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How IFCN was propped up to maintain Leftist hold over public discourse
3 years, 7 months ago

How IFCN was propped up to maintain Leftist hold over public discourse

Op India  

There is a concerted manner in which the Left Cabal, in concert with their Big Business masters, prop up dubious networks and groups in order to hijack a particular phenomenon in order to sustain their monopoly over the narrative. The Specter of Fake News In India, we have consistently documented the numerous times when mainstream media has peddled fake news …

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IFCN certified fact-checking site throws Hindu girl to wolves in Bangladesh
4 years, 1 month ago

IFCN certified fact-checking site throws Hindu girl to wolves in Bangladesh

Op India  

The religious persecution of Hindus in the Muslim-majority country of Bangladesh is not a new phenomenon. In one such recent incident, a Hindu girl named Tithy Sarker went missing on October 25 after she was accused of making blasphemous comments against Islam and Prophet Muhammad. The article titled, “Tithy Sarkar has not been framed falsely, she has been suspended from …

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IFCN assessor Kanchan Kaur has a severe Left bias: Here is proof
4 years, 3 months ago

IFCN assessor Kanchan Kaur has a severe Left bias: Here is proof

Op India  

On Wednesday, the Standing Committee for Information Technology, under the Chairmanship of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, met to discuss the political bias that has been displayed by Facebook. The paper that Kanchan Kaur wrote was “A review of the fake news ecosystem in India and the need for the News Literacy Project”. Since Kanchan Kaur, who claims to be an …

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