Meta on Tuesday announced that it is expanding its third-party fact-checking programme in India to include NewsMeter, a fact checker primarily focused on the southern states in the country.
With this partnership, Meta will have 11 fact-checking partners in India, making it the country with the most number of third party fact checking partners globally. In addition, Meta has also expanded its Indian language coverage from 11 to 15 through its existing fact-checking partners to include Kashmiri, Bhojpuri, Oriya, and Nepali.
The partnership will help connect people to accurate and verified information and enhance Meta’s fact-checking capabilities in regional Indian