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‘Fact-checker’ Zubair does it again, resorts to ad-hominem attacks instead of fact-checking claim about Islam considering idol worship bigger sin than rape

Amit Kelkar - 21 April, 2025

This has been his SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) of sorts for quite some time now. Zubair shrewdly avoids fact-checking arguments against Islam and tries to character assassinate the individuals raising those arguments instead.

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Who in India is going to be most affected by Meta’s decision to do away with ‘fact checking’

Rukma Rathore - 9 January, 2025

Several companies that work as third party fact-checkers for Meta will go out of business as the social media giant is junking fact-checking and adopting community notes.

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Is the US carrying out ‘political censorship’ in India under the garb of combating fake news? Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2024

'Disinfo Lab' pointed out that the US government also forced the likes of Reddit, Amazon and Wikipedia to take down, promote certain forms of literature and make content changes.

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Supreme Court stays notification of union govt’s Fact Check Unit under IT Rules

ANI - 21 March, 2024

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the March 20 notification of Fact Check Unit by the Centre government under the IT rules

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Some people are creating communal tension in the name of ‘fact-checking’, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur says in Parliament

OpIndia Staff - 21 July, 2022

Anurag Thakur also said that his ministry is not involved in taking any action in case of police complaints, and it is the responsibility of the various state governments as per law