Daily, monthly and weekly newspapers have changed and today, television media and social media platforms have come to publish news very quickly.
In the past, if an incident happens or a leader was interviewed, it would take a few hours to know about it.
But even now with the smart phones in our hand we know the next second. Readers then believed that the news appearing in news channels and magazines were true.
At the same time, with the rise of hate speech and misinformation on social media, fact-checking is necessary.
That is why the Government of Tamil Nadu has issued an order to create a fact-checking unit to check the veracity of news related to the Government of Tamil Nadu published on all media platforms including social media.
This site will undertake the task of verifying and reporting the veracity of social media content.
According to Tamil Nadu government sources, the primary focus of the unit will be to curb hate speech.
The fact-checking unit separates the information into actionable and non-actionable information.
Actionable information is categorized in order.
False information and fake information will be handed over to the government's law and police department for further action.
At the same time, there is no doubt that this fact-checking unit created by the Tamil Nadu government will create awareness among the people.
This initiative of the Tamil Nadu government is commendable!Daily, monthly and weekly newspapers have changed and today, television media and social media platforms have come to publish news very quickly.
In the past, if an incident happens or a leader was interviewed, it would take a few hours to know about it.
But even now with the smart phones in our hand we know the next second. Readers then believed that the news appearing in news channels and magazines were true.
At the same time, with the rise of hate speech and misinformation on social media, fact-checking is necessary.
That is why the Government of Tamil Nadu has issued an order to create a fact-checking unit to check the veracity of news related to the Government of Tamil Nadu published on all media platforms including social media.
This site will undertake the task of verifying and reporting the veracity of social media content.
According to Tamil Nadu government sources, the primary focus of the unit will be to curb hate speech.
The fact-checking unit separates the information into actionable and non-actionable information.
Actionable information is categorized in order.
False information and fake information will be handed over to the government's law and police department for further action.
At the same time, there is no doubt that this fact-checking unit created by the Tamil Nadu government will create awareness among the people.
This initiative of the Tamil Nadu government is commendable!Daily, monthly and weekly newspapers have changed and today, television media and social media platforms have come to publish news very quickly.
In the past, if an incident happens or a leader was interviewed, it would take a few hours to know about it.
But even now with the smart phones in our hand we know the next second. Readers then believed that the news appearing in news channels and magazines were true.
At the same time, with the rise of hate speech and misinformation on social media, fact-checking is necessary.
That is why the Government of Tamil Nadu has issued an order to create a fact-checking unit to check the veracity of news related to the Government of Tamil Nadu published on all media platforms including social media.
This site will undertake the task of verifying and reporting the veracity of social media content.
According to Tamil Nadu government sources, the primary focus of the unit will be to curb hate speech.
The fact-checking unit separates the information into actionable and non-actionable information.
Actionable information is categorized in order.
False information and fake information will be handed over to the government's law and police department for further action.
At the same time, there is no doubt that this fact-checking unit created by the Tamil Nadu government will create awareness among the people.
This initiative of the Tamil Nadu government is commendable!