Fact Checkers

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  Centre Notifies PIB As Official Fact Checker For Online Content

  The Centre on Wednesday notified the fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to monitor online content pertaining to the government for accuracy.

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  Fact Checker Mohammed Zubair's Laptop, Other Devices Still Under Probe

  The Delhi Police has told the Delhi High Court that a laptop and other devices seized from Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair are deposited with the forensic science laboratory for recovering data that needs to be analysed.

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  Richa Chadha Fact-Checks Tweet That Confused Ali Fazal And Ali Zafar

  "Also a fact checker," Richa Chadha tweeted

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  Complaint Against Fact-Checker M Zubair Over Tweets On Arshdeep Singh

  BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has filed a police complaint against fact checker and co-founder of Alt News website Mohammed Zubair, accusing him of "spreading hate" against cricketer Arshdeep Singh and the Sikh community with his tweet.

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  Delhi-Based Businessman Behind Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair's Arrest: Cops

  The Twitter user behind the arrest of fact checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is a 36-year-old Delhi-based real estate businessman who originally belongs to Ajmer in Rajasthan, police said today.

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  "No One Asked Me": Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair On '2 Crores For Tweet' Charge

  Two days after leaving Tihar Jail, fact checker Mohammed Zubair said that he will continue to work as he used to. Mr Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his tweets.

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  "Triumph Of Liberty": P Chidambaram After Fact Checker Mohammed Zubair's release

  Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the release of Mohammed Zubair after the Supreme Court's orders is the "triumph of liberty over tyranny" and held that the judgement reaffirms abuse of power of arrest must be ended.

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  Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair Leaves Jail As Court Ends "Vicious Cycle"

  Fact checker Mohammed Zubair was released from the Tihar jail today, hours after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all cases filed against him.

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  Fact Checker M Zubair Asks Supreme Court To Cancel 6 UP Cases Against Him

  Mohammed Zubair, Alt News co-founder, requests Supreme Court to cancel 6 cases filed against him by UP Police

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  Supreme Court To Take Up Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair's Bail Plea Today

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the plea of fact-checker Mohammed Zubair challenging the Allahabad High Court order refusing to set aside an FIR registered against him in UP's Sitapur for a tweet in which he allegedly called seers 'hatemongers

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  Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair Summoned By UP Cops In Case Filed Last Year

  Fact-checker Mohammed Zubair has been summoned by Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur police in a case registered against him in September last year.

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  Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair's Arrest: 5 Big Court Arguments

  Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact-checking site Alt News, was arrested last night over a 2018 tweet, which is a clip from legendary filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 1983 classic Kissi Se Na Kehna.

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  How to Identify Fake News on WhatsApp Using Fact-Checking Tiplines

  WhatsApp has as many as 10 fact-checking organisations in India that users can access to verify the information they get on the app and identify fake news.

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  YouTube Lets Its Platform Be 'Weaponised' to Spread Misinformation, Fact Checkers Claim

  More than 80 fact-checking organisations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform.

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  Instagram Posts to Be Reviewed by Facebook Fact Checkers

  Instagram will soon start running potentially false posts past Facebook's fact-checking partners and the News Feed Integrity team.