
Social media group Meta, is facing regulatory scrutiny in the country, has hired South India-focused NewsMeter as another third-party fact checker in India.
With this, Meta now has 11 fact-checkers in the country, the most across the globe. According to a statement, the collaboration will “help connect people to accurate and verified information, enhancing our fact-checking capabilities in regional Indian languages such as Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil.” “The collaboration with NewsMeter is an important step in enabling us to curb misinformation in regional Indian languages across Facebook and Instagram,” said Manish Chopra, Meta India’s director and head of partnerships.








