Weekly number of debunked misinformation in India 2020

Published by
Tanushree Basuroy,
Aug 30, 2024
Between January 20 and April 6, 2020, there was an increase in the circulation of misinformation in India. This was attributed to the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Fake news during this period peaked towards the end of March when a nation-wide lockdown was announced to curb infection rates.

Weekly number of debunked misinformation across India between January and April 2020

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May 2020

Region

India

Survey time period

January 20 to April 6, 2020

Supplementary notes

According to the source, archive represents all the stories that have been debunked by six fact-checkers- AltNews, BOOMlive, Factly, IndiaToday Fact Check, Quint Webqoof, and NewsMobile Fact Checker--certified by International Fact-Checkers Network (IFCN) between January 23 and April 12, 2020.

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