Imagine if you had to look into videos of people being beaten and things being burnt just because there are riots going on and people have started posting wrong videos from other attacks. That’s just one day of a fact checker. In today’s social media age, it isn’t very difficult to spread disinformation. Because so many of us just hit forward without verifying!

In this episode of our special series Every Indian’s Checklist, we will talk about how to verify common content like news, social media posts, and shared videos and images. To explore what constitutes fake news, how to spot it, we reached out to Pratik Sinha, the founder of AltNews, a fact checking website.

<div>Imagine if you had to look into videos of people being beaten and things being burnt just because there are riots going on and people have started posting wrong videos from other attacks. That’s just one day of a fact checker. In today’s social media age, it isn’t very difficult to spread disinformation. Because so many of us just hit forward without verifying!<br><br>
</div><div>In this episode of our special series Every Indian’s Checklist, we will talk about how to verify common content like news, social media posts, and shared videos and images. To explore what constitutes fake news, how to spot it, we reached out to Pratik Sinha, the founder of AltNews, a fact checking website.</div>

The Suno India Show’ is a news show by Suno India combining slow journalism with under-represented and under-reported stories. Covering the diverse range of topics like politics, technology, education and society, the host brings in informative interviews and engaging discussions with experts. The show not only shines a spotlight on stories that matter but keeps the listeners up to date with the latest national news.

<p>The Suno India Show&rsquo; is a news show by Suno India combining slow journalism with under-represented and under-reported stories. Covering the diverse range of topics like politics, technology, education and society, the host brings in informative interviews and engaging discussions with experts. The show not only shines a spotlight on stories that matter but keeps the listeners up to date with the latest national news.</p>

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