(10 Apr 2019) This New Delhi shop owner spends hours a day going through political news and videos shared with him on social media.
There is just one problem: Sometimes the stories are fake.
Tackling fake news is a huge challenge in India, a nation with 1.14 billion cellphone connections, the most Facebook users in the world at 300 million, and another 240 million users of the messaging service WhatsApp.
With Indian elections set to begin later this week, social media giants like Facebook say they are taking steps to curb the spread of false information.
Facebook announced a variety of measures last month, from blocking fake accounts to employing third-party fact-checking organizations for the elections.
But there is no shortage of propaganda or false information on social media. A Microsoft report earlier this year said Indians are the most likely to encounter fake news and internet hoaxes.
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