Checking Facts

Why human beings fall for fake news

Detecting and correcting false information requires us to fight against the ways our brains like to process information.

Lisa Fazio, The Conversation
· Apr 03, 2018 · 11:30 pm
A group of Kerala doctors is on a mission to debunk fake news about health on social media

They are succeeding too if the popularity of Info Clinic, their fact-checking Facebook page, is any indication.

TA Ameerudheen
· Oct 24, 2017 · 02:30 pm
Election Commission debunks claims of three lakh bogus voters in Varanasi

The Uttar Pradesh state election commission says it has found names that are repeated at least once across UP in the electoral roll, not proof of bogus voting.

Mridula Chari
· Nov 28, 2014 · 12:30 am