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A draft proposal for India's IT rules, released this week, reports that the government will not allow social media platforms to publish information that it considers as "fake" or "false"

A draft proposal for India's IT rules, released this week, reports that the government will not allow social media platforms to publish information that it considers as "fake" or "false"

Iran-focused technology group ASL19 has partnered with civil liberties NGO United for Iran to launch Meidoon, a platform that provides open and accessible data on trending Persian-language content on Telegram.

Prime Minister Modi said India needs to defeat the threats that are arising from Naxalism be it

With disinformation rife ahead of elections, Nigeria's journalists are banding together to fact-check claims

Ahead of Brazil's national elections Sunday, the most interacted-with posts on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram and WhatsApp contradict trustworthy information about the public’s voting intentions.

In the race for Iowa's attorney general, Democrat Tom Miller is being challenged by Republican candidate Brenna Bird. KCCI fact-checked Miller's recent attack ad targeting Bird on abortion.

The union claims that the Minimum Hiring Rate for UGA workers is $24,500. This information is wrong. The union is using a figure that dates back to 2019. The Minimum

The latest Cindy Axne campaign ad targets Zach Nunn for his stance on abortion. While the ad is new, the claim is not.

The social media giant had launched Community Fact-Checking project last year, which allowed some Twitter users to debunk misleading tweets by attaching notes to the content in order to provide context or point to accurate sources, , Fact Checking, twitter