Indian Fact-Check Coalition Ekta Welcomes 5 New Members
By BOOM Team The Ekta News Coalition, a group of Indian fact-checkers, announced on Friday that five new members have joined it, making it a group of 12. The new members of the coalition are FactCrescendo, NewsMeter, Newschecker, The Healthy Indian Project, and The Logical Indian. Ekta said that with the addition of new members, it hopes to strengthen fact-checking and address misinformation in the coming months, especially with regards to the upcoming state elections in 2023 and Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The coalition first came about in 2018 to fact-check misinformation surrounding the 20...