Fact-Checking Consortium 'Ekta' Welcomes Five New Members

The group earlier comprised of six fact-checking organisations including The Quint's fact-checking arm - WebQoof.

The group now comprises 11 fact-checking organisations, including The Quint’s fact-checking arm – WebQoof.

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The fact-checking consortium ‘Ekta’ (unity), which includes The Quint’s fact-checking arm – WebQoof, is expanding by welcoming five new members.

The new members are 

• FactCrescendo 

• NewsMeter 

• Newschecker 

• The Healthy Indian Project 

• The Logical Indian

The group now consists of 11 fact-checking organisations, including its founding members, AFP Fact Check, BOOM Live, Factly, India Today Fact Check, Vishvas News, and The Quint’s WebQoof and one technology partner, Meedan — a global technology non-profit organisation.

The members will come together to counter misinformation during events like COVID-19, national and state elections and other critical moments of national interest.

What is Ekta? 

The five founding organisations — certified by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) — first came together in 2018 during the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections.

Since then the group has come together to fact-check claims around COVID-19, other state elections and has trained several journalism students on how to debunk misinformation.

With several state elections coming up in 2023 and the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, Ekta members hope to achieve

With the state elections coming up in 2023 and the Lok Sabha election in 2024, Ekta members hope to strengthen the fact-checking process and address misinformation through this collaboration.

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