A study done by MIT earlier in 2018 of 126000 posts, tweeted three millions times showed false news travels faster, deeper and further than true news and what happens in a country where we have more than 500 millions subscribers available on Social media? India might be one of the few countries where social media leads to rumours which leads to brutal murders and kidnapping. In this talk Govidraj address one of the most rampant problem that is Fake News. Fake news has led to mass killings, destruction and much more. His organisation BOOM which is a fact checking website, leverages technology to fight misinformation. Govindraj is a television & print journalist and founder of Boom, a fact-checking initiative. He anchors seasonal shows on Indian news television--the current one being Aegons of Business on Bloomberg Quint, and the most recent being Policy Watch on public service broadcaster Rajya Sabha TV. He also writes for newspapers such as Business Standard. Previously, Govindraj was Founder-Editor in Chief of Bloomberg TV India. Prior to that, he worked with Business Standard as Editor (New Media) with a specific mandate of integrating the newspaper’s news operations with its digital or web platform. He also spent around five years each with CNBC-TV18 and The Economic Times. He is a Fellow of The Aspen Institute, Colorado, and a winner of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leadership Award for 2014 and the 2018 McNulty Prize. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
