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Swachh Digital India: Don’t Panic! Here’s How to Spot Fake News

What can you do to fact check what you’re reading or receiving? Here’s a handy list to keep around.

Taruni Kumar
Swachh Digital India
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Here’s a handy list to help you spot fake news, without panicking.
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Here’s a handy list to help you spot fake news, without panicking.
(Photo: Liju Joseph/The Quint)

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The free (almost) space that is the internet can sometimes make it the perfect place for false information to thrive. But don’t lose hope. The same freedom also allows it to be the biggest repository in the history of humanity of true, well-researched information.

So, what can you do to fact check what you’re reading or receiving? Here’s a handy list to keep around.

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(Don’t fall for fake news, click here to check out The Quint’s WebQoof stories.)

(This video is part of a series done in co-production between The Quint and BBC Hindi called Swachh Digital India. Read more stories from Swachh Digital India here.)

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Published: 17 Jul 2017,09:23 PM IST

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