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YouTube to add fact checks to controversial search topics
Updated : 7 years ago IST
California [USA], Mar 8 (ANI): With the rise in YouTube consumption, there’s also a significant rise in the spread of misinformation through fake videos carrying unverified content. In a bid to curb the menace, YouTube is reportedly adding a new feature that will help users sift out
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Snopes quits fact-checking for Facebook
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], February 2 (ANI): Fact-checking organisation Snopes is parting ways with Facebook to scrutinise the content posted on the social network for truthfulness.
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How clean is River Ganga? Here's a fact check
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Around 97 towns and cities located on the banks of Ganga discharge over 3.2 billion litres of untreated sewage into the river daily. To keep the water from getting polluted, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) took up a big challenge t
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Daniel Radcliffe loves fact-checking?
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 21 (ANI): It seems Hollywood actor Daniel Radcliffe has found a new hobby after playing the role of a fact-checker in a new Broadway play 'The Lifespan of a Fact'.
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Wikipedia founder to battle fake news menace with 'Wikitribune'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Apr. 26 (ANI): With the intent of combating 'fake news' in the industry, the founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales has announced the launch of a news platform that will bring journalists together with a legion of fact checkers- the "Wikitribune."
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