Tackling Misinformation: The Future of Fact-Checking in a Polarized India
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Tue, Jul 19, 2022
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Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Time: 6.00 – 7.30 pm IST / 8.30 – 10.00am EST
Register via Zoom
This panel unpacks challenges facing the fight against dis/misinformation in India, the role that newsrooms, social media giants and tech companies can play in facilitating fact-checking efforts, and the future of fact-checking in a country witnessing increased social polarization.
Chair:
Pranav Dixit
2022 Nieman Fellow, Harvard University
Panelists:
Shivnath Thukral
Public Policy Director (India), Whatsapp Inc.
Maya Mirchandani
Head of Department, Media Studies at Ashoka University
H R Venkatesh
Director, Training and Research, BOOM FactCheck
