<p>Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday said it is expanding its third-party fact-checking programme in the country to include its first health-specialist partner The Healthy Indian Project (THIP).</p>.<p>The onboarding of THIP as a fact-checking partner is part of Facebook's effort to combat Covid-19 and all other health-related misinformation on the platform, a statement said.</p>.<p>THIP Media works with verified medical professionals to fact check misleading news and claims about health, medicines, diet and treatment in English, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Gujarati, it added.</p>.<p>During the pandemic, Facebook has removed more than 18 million pieces of harmful misinformation across its platform and Instagram and labelled over 167 million fake news posts on Covid-19 with the help of third-party fact-checkers.</p>.<p>The partnership with THIP will enhance its capabilities to understand and curb health-related misinformation on the platform, the statement said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/technology/google-facebook-pledge-millions-for-local-news-is-it-enough-996011.html" target="_blank">Google, Facebook pledge millions for local news — Is it enough?</a></strong></p>.<p>Globally, Facebook works with 80 fact-checking partners that help in content monitoring in more than 60 languages. Facebook's fact-checking partners have been certified through the independent, non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network.</p>.<p>In India, Facebook has 10 fact-checking partners, making it one of the largest after the US.</p>.<p>This includes India Today Group, Vishvas News (Dainik Jagran), Factly, Newsmobile, Fact Crescendo, BOOM Live, AFP, NewsChecker and Quint, and these partners fact-check content in English and 11 Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati, Assamese, and Kannada.</p>.<p>Facebook said third-party fact-checkers evaluate stories, check if the stories are factual, and rate their accuracy. When a fact-checker rates a story as false, Facebook shows it lower in the News Feed, significantly reducing its dissemination and reducing the number of people who view it.</p>.<p>Pages and domains that repeatedly share false news see their distribution reduced and their ability to monetise and advertise are temporarily removed.</p>.<p>Community members are presented with a pop-up notice if someone tries to share a fact-checked post so people can decide for themselves what to read, trust, and share, Facebook said.</p>.<p>People who shared a story that's later debunked are notified so they know there is additional reporting on that piece of content, it added.</p>
<p>Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday said it is expanding its third-party fact-checking programme in the country to include its first health-specialist partner The Healthy Indian Project (THIP).</p>.<p>The onboarding of THIP as a fact-checking partner is part of Facebook's effort to combat Covid-19 and all other health-related misinformation on the platform, a statement said.</p>.<p>THIP Media works with verified medical professionals to fact check misleading news and claims about health, medicines, diet and treatment in English, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Gujarati, it added.</p>.<p>During the pandemic, Facebook has removed more than 18 million pieces of harmful misinformation across its platform and Instagram and labelled over 167 million fake news posts on Covid-19 with the help of third-party fact-checkers.</p>.<p>The partnership with THIP will enhance its capabilities to understand and curb health-related misinformation on the platform, the statement said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/technology/google-facebook-pledge-millions-for-local-news-is-it-enough-996011.html" target="_blank">Google, Facebook pledge millions for local news — Is it enough?</a></strong></p>.<p>Globally, Facebook works with 80 fact-checking partners that help in content monitoring in more than 60 languages. Facebook's fact-checking partners have been certified through the independent, non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network.</p>.<p>In India, Facebook has 10 fact-checking partners, making it one of the largest after the US.</p>.<p>This includes India Today Group, Vishvas News (Dainik Jagran), Factly, Newsmobile, Fact Crescendo, BOOM Live, AFP, NewsChecker and Quint, and these partners fact-check content in English and 11 Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati, Assamese, and Kannada.</p>.<p>Facebook said third-party fact-checkers evaluate stories, check if the stories are factual, and rate their accuracy. When a fact-checker rates a story as false, Facebook shows it lower in the News Feed, significantly reducing its dissemination and reducing the number of people who view it.</p>.<p>Pages and domains that repeatedly share false news see their distribution reduced and their ability to monetise and advertise are temporarily removed.</p>.<p>Community members are presented with a pop-up notice if someone tries to share a fact-checked post so people can decide for themselves what to read, trust, and share, Facebook said.</p>.<p>People who shared a story that's later debunked are notified so they know there is additional reporting on that piece of content, it added.</p>