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
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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IndiaSpend. (May 3, 2020). Weekly number of debunked misinformation across India between January and April 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 11, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189816/india-number-of-debunked-misinformation/
IndiaSpend. "Weekly number of debunked misinformation across India between January and April 2020." Chart. May 3, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189816/india-number-of-debunked-misinformation/
IndiaSpend. (2020). Weekly number of debunked misinformation across India between January and April 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189816/india-number-of-debunked-misinformation/
IndiaSpend. "Weekly Number of Debunked Misinformation across India between January and April 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189816/india-number-of-debunked-misinformation/
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