By Koo App
April 26, 2022
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Fact-Checker | Link | Description | Languages |
Press Information Bureau | https://factcheck.pib.gov.in/ | A fact-checking initiative by Press Information Bureau. This service checks news related to the Government of India | English, Hindi |
The Healthy Indian Project | https://www.thip.media/category/health-news-fact-check/# | A fact-checking initiative of The Healthy Indian Project Media | English, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, and Nepali |
Factly Media & Research | https://factly.in/ | Factly is a fact-checking initiative of Factly Media & Research | English, Telugu |
Fact Crescendo | https://www.factcrescendo.com/ | A fact-checking initiative by Crescendo Transcriptions. | English, Marathi, Odia, Bangla, Malayalam, Gujarati, Tamil, Assamese |
Youturn | https://youturn.in/ | Youturn is an independent fact-checking organization | English, Tamil |
Newsmeter | https://newsmeter.in/fact-check | News Meter is an independent fact-checking company. | English Telugu |
Fact-Checker | https://www.factchecker.in/ | FactChecker.in is an initiative of The Spending & Policy Research Foundation | English |
Digital Eye India | https://digiteye.in/ | Digit Eye India is a fact-checking initiative by a group of veteran journalists | English |
News Mobile | https://newsmobile.in/articles/category/nm-fact-checker/ | NewsMobile is an independent news organisation. | English, Hindi |
Times Fact Check | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/times-fact-check | TImes Fact Check is an initiative of Times Internet Limited. | English |
Navbharat Times | https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/viral/fake-news-buster/articlelist/82150294.cms | Fact-checking page of Navbharat Times | Hindi |
Ei Samay | https://eisamay.com/viral-news-truth/articlelist/64352062.cms | Fact-checking page of Ei Samay | Bengali |
Maharashtra Times | https://maharashtratimes.com/gadget-news/mt-fact-check/articlelist/64943155.cms | Fact-checking page of Maharashtra Times | Marathi |
Telugu Samayam | https://telugu.samayam.com/latest-news/fact-check/articlelist/66805994.cms | Fact-checking page of Telugu Samayam | Telugu |
Malyalam Samayam | https://malayalam.samayam.com/latest-news/fact-check/articlelist/66765139.cms | Fact-checking page of Malayalam Samayam | Malayalam |
Vijaya Karnataka | https://vijaykarnataka.com/news/fact-check/articlelist/59895492.cms | Fact-checking page of Vijaya Karnataka | Kannada |
Logically | https://www.logically.ai/factchecks | Logically is an AI and ML-based fact-checking company. Users can fact-check using their downloadable app or via a WhatsApp interface. | English |
Google Fact Check Tools | https://toolbox.google.com/factcheck/explorer | A resource provided by Google Inc. | English |
Aaj Tak | https://www.aajtak.in/fact-check | Fact-checking page of Aaj Tak | Hindi |
Asianet News | https://hindi.asianetnews.com/fact-check | Fact-checking page of Asia Net News | Hindi |
Karnataka State Police Fact Check | https://factcheck.ksp.gov.in/ | A fact-checking initiative of Karnataka State Police` | Kannada, English |
Fact Check Telangana | https://factcheck.telangana.gov.in/ | A fact-checking initiative by ITE & C Department of Government of Telangana | Telugu, English |
Fact Check Kerala | https://factcheck.kerala.gov.in/about.php | A fact-checking initiative by the Government of Kerala | Malayalam |
AltNews | https://www.altnews.in/ https://www.altnews.in/hindi/ | AltNews is an independent fact-checking website | English Hindi |
Deccan Herald | https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/fact-check | A fact-checking initiative by Deccan Herald | English |
The Hindu | https://www.thehindu.com/topic/fact-check/ | A fact-checking initiative by The Hindu | English |
Dainik Jagran Fact Check | https://www.jagran.com/fact-check/news-news-hindi.html | A fact-checking initiative by Dainik Jagran | Hindi |
Punjab Kesari Fact Check | https://www.punjabkesari.in/trending/news/national/fact-check | A fact-checking initiative by Punjab Kesari | Hindi |
Indian Express Fact Check | https://indianexpress.com/about/express-fact-check/ | A fact-checking initiative by Indian Express | English |
DFRAC | https://dfrac.org/en/https://dfrac.org/hi/ | A fact-checking initiative by Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Centre | English Hindi |
The Pioneer Fact Check | https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/vivacity/fact-check.html | A fact-checking initiative by The Pioneer | English |
DNA Fact check | https://www.dnaindia.com/topic/fact-check | A fact-checking initiative by DNA | English |
The Statesman Fact Check | https://www.thestatesman.com/tag/fact-check | A fact-checking initiative by The Statesman | English |
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This page contains a list of resources and links to third-party Publishers of News and Current Affairs and Professional Fact Checkers (“Third Parties”) who can help you better understand the news and current affairs.
Koo does not endorse any specific Third Party or have any relationships with any of them. This Fact Check Resource Page is created using publicly available information and will continue to be updated. On clicking the links you will be taken away from the Koo App domain to the pages of these Third Parties. Any services provided by them are subject to their individual terms and conditions. Please read and understand them carefully before submitting your query.
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Fact Checker | Description |
Politifact |
PolitiFact is owned by the nonprofit Polynter Institute for Media Studies. “Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy.” |
FactCheck.org |
FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. “We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.” |
OpenSecrets.org |
“Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation’s premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Our mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy.” |
SciCheck | “FactCheck.org’s SciCheck feature focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy. It was launched in January 2015 with a grant from the Stanton Foundation.” |
Fact Check (Washington Post) |
Fact checking portal run by award-winning Glenn Kessler. “Glenn Kessler has been editor and chief writer of The Fact Checker since 2011. In a journalism career spanning nearly four decades, Kessler has covered foreign policy, economic policy, the White House, Congress, politics, airline safety and Wall Street.“ |
Duke Reporters’ Lab: Fact Checking | The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking. |
Snopes |
Snopes.com is an independent publication owned by Snopes Media Group. “When misinformation obscures the truth and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes’ fact-checking and original, investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis. We always link to and document our sources so readers are empowered to do independent research and make up their own minds.” |
NPR FactCheck | “NPR is an independent, nonprofit media organization that was founded on a mission to create a more informed public. Every day, NPR connects with millions of Americans on the air, online, and in person to explore the news, ideas, and what it means to be human. Through its network of member stations, NPR makes local stories national, national stories local, and global stories personal.” |
FlackCheck | “Headquartered at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, FlackCheck.org is the political literacy companion site to the award-winning FactCheck.org. The site provides resources designed to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular. Video resources point out deception and incivility in political rhetoric. FlackCheck.org is funded by an endowment provided by the Annenberg Foundation to support the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics.” |
List of Verified Signatories of the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) |
“The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. We believe nonpartisan and transparent fact-checking can be a powerful instrument of accountability journalism.” This link contains a list of the global fact checking organisations who are signatories to the IFCN code of principles, along with links to their independent pages. |
Google Fact Check Explorer | Google’s Fact Check Explorer is designed to facilitate the work of fact checkers, journalists, and researchers in discovering what has and hasn’t been debunked all over the globe. Think of it as a search engine for fact checks that can help you determine fact from fiction. |
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