<p>Meta, formerly known as Facebook, on Tuesday announced that it is expanding its third-party fact-checking programme in India to include NewsMeter - a fact-checker primarily focused on the southern states in the country.</p>.<p>The partnership will help connect people to accurate and verified information and enhance Meta's fact-checking capabilities in regional Indian languages including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil, the company said in a statement.</p>.<p>Globally, Meta works with more than 80 fact-checking partners that review and rate content in over 60 languages. All of Meta's fact-checking partners have been certified through the independent, non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/facebooks-growth-woes-in-india-too-much-nudity-not-enough-women-1128689.html"><strong>Also read | Facebook's growth woes in India: Too much nudity, not enough women</strong></a></p>.<p>With the new partnership, Meta will have 11 fact-checking partners in India, making it the country with the most number of third-party fact-checking partners globally.</p>.<p>In addition, Meta has also expanded its Indian language coverage from 11 to 15 through its existing fact-checking partners to include Kashmiri, Bhojpuri, Oriya and Nepali.</p>.<p>"We are committed to combating the spread of misinformation and have built the largest global fact-checking network," said Manish Chopra, Director and Head of Partnerships, India at Meta, in the statement.</p>.<p>"The partnership with NewsMeter is an important step in enabling us to curb misinformation in regional Indian languages across Facebook and Instagram," he added.</p>.<p>Each time a fact-checker rates a piece of content as false, altered or partly false, the company reduces its distribution so that fewer people see it.</p>.<p>It also notifies people who try to share the content - or who previously shared it - that the information was rated by a fact-checker. Further, a warning label is also added to the content with links to the fact-checker's article to provide more information about the claim.</p>.<p>To help tackle the issue of misinformation online, Meta has also partnered with the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) to fund a fact-checking news fellowship programme designed exclusively for Indian news organisations.</p>
<p>Meta, formerly known as Facebook, on Tuesday announced that it is expanding its third-party fact-checking programme in India to include NewsMeter - a fact-checker primarily focused on the southern states in the country.</p>.<p>The partnership will help connect people to accurate and verified information and enhance Meta's fact-checking capabilities in regional Indian languages including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil, the company said in a statement.</p>.<p>Globally, Meta works with more than 80 fact-checking partners that review and rate content in over 60 languages. All of Meta's fact-checking partners have been certified through the independent, non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/facebooks-growth-woes-in-india-too-much-nudity-not-enough-women-1128689.html"><strong>Also read | Facebook's growth woes in India: Too much nudity, not enough women</strong></a></p>.<p>With the new partnership, Meta will have 11 fact-checking partners in India, making it the country with the most number of third-party fact-checking partners globally.</p>.<p>In addition, Meta has also expanded its Indian language coverage from 11 to 15 through its existing fact-checking partners to include Kashmiri, Bhojpuri, Oriya and Nepali.</p>.<p>"We are committed to combating the spread of misinformation and have built the largest global fact-checking network," said Manish Chopra, Director and Head of Partnerships, India at Meta, in the statement.</p>.<p>"The partnership with NewsMeter is an important step in enabling us to curb misinformation in regional Indian languages across Facebook and Instagram," he added.</p>.<p>Each time a fact-checker rates a piece of content as false, altered or partly false, the company reduces its distribution so that fewer people see it.</p>.<p>It also notifies people who try to share the content - or who previously shared it - that the information was rated by a fact-checker. Further, a warning label is also added to the content with links to the fact-checker's article to provide more information about the claim.</p>.<p>To help tackle the issue of misinformation online, Meta has also partnered with the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) to fund a fact-checking news fellowship programme designed exclusively for Indian news organisations.</p>