1: Tukde-Tukde: A JNU Story
As far as misinformation campaigns go, we've seldom come across one as persistent and relentless as the one hounding the students of the prestigious J...
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In an era of information overload, it is easy to fall prey to misinformation. Join us every weekend, as we demonstrate to you the perils of fake news and how we can fight it - through conversations with experts and those with relevant experience in the topics that we discuss. If you are bothered by the spread of fake news, and would like to join us in the fight, this is the podcast for you.
5: Deadly Rumours, Mob Mentality And Challenges For The Law Enforcement
Social media and instant messengers have enabled rumours to spread like wildfire. Spontaneous panic and apprehension spread through these rumours have...
4: A Day In The Life Of Fact Checkers
Fact checking is no funny business. The requests we get on our WhatsApp range from politics, economics and medicine to violence, fantasy and black mag...
3: Online Quackery: Is WhatsApp A Reliable Doctor?
WhatsApp and social media are rife with misinformation related to health and illnesses. But should we trust random medical advice from unknown sources...
2: Money: Now You Have It, Now You Don’t
Ever since the current crisis at the Punjab Maharashtra Co-operative Bank hit the news, social media and WhatsApp have been rife with misinformation r...
1: How Fake News Almost Ruined A School
Since 2017, RMVM School in Valsad, Gujarat, has been targeted with a massive misinformation campaign. A series of unrelated images and videos of child...
Kashmir: Post 370
On August 5, 2019, India's Union Home Minister announced the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A from the Indian Constitution that provided a special s...
5: Deepfake Videos: Why You Have A Lot To Worry
Deepfakes - or fake content made using AI and machine learning, is soon going to become one of the biggest challenges for fact checkers and internet u...
4: How to Identify Satire From Misinformation?
Satire can empower, and it can misinform. In this week's episode, we ponder over the thin line between satire and misinformation with cartoonist Georg...
3: What Is Science, And What Is Not?
There is a very thin, ever-changing line between science and pseudoscientific myths. In the case of India, that line is heavily distorted with a stron...