Facebook's third party fact checkers form new fact-checking consortium for 2021 Assembly polls
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WhatsApp said the Ekta consortium is a pilot exercise and the groups involved hope to use this experience to improve on how such collaborations can leverage each other's strength in the future.
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‘Ekta’, a consortium of Indian fact-checking groups will address misinformation related to the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections in India.
Six fact-checking groups of Facebook's third party fact checking programme, such as BOOM Live, AFP Fact Check, Factly and India Today Fact Check, have come together in India to launch ‘Ekta’, a consortium of Indian fact-checking groups addressing misinformation related to the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections in India.