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Alt News is an Indian non-profit fact checking website founded and run by former software engineer Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair. It was launched on 9 February 2017 to combat fake news.
Alt News is a fact-checking website that is committed to debunking misinformation, disinformation and mal-information that we encounter on a daily basis on social media as well as mainstream media. Fact-checks by Alt News encompass a wide variety of false information including:
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Alt News - A fact-checking website from India that specializes in debunking political and medical misinformation.
Mohammed Zubair (born 1983) is an Indian journalist, fact-checker and the co-founder of Alt News, an Indian non-profit fact-checking website. In 2022, Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police over a 2018 tweet for allegedly "insulting Hindu religious beliefs" [2] and incarcerated for a month. [3] .
To debunk any fake claim, Alt News may use one or more of the below methodologies: Using internet tools like Google Reverse Image search to determine the origin of viral photographs or videos and also to verify if the same image or video has been used earlier in similar or different contexts.
Apr 22, 2019 · Pratik Sinha, founder of fact-checking website Alt News, has co-authored ‘India Misinformed: The True Story’ with his colleagues, on the various fake news spreading on social media.
Sep 22, 2022 · Alt News, an independent website, has emerged as a leading debunker of misinformation in the nation, but highlighting hate speech against minorities has put it on a collision course with the ...
India's renowned fact-checkers and founders of alternate media platform Alt News Mohammad Zubair and Pratik Sinha are reportedly among the contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022.
