#MediaRumble: The never-ending problem of fake news

Discussing India’s fake news epidemic and how it threatens to destroy the credibility of news.

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In this session at The Media Rumble 2019, Samir Saran, President of Observer Research Foundation (ORF), is in conversation with Shivnath Thukral, Public Policy Director, India & South Asia at Facebook, Berges Y Malu, Head of Public Policy and Policy Communications at ShareChat, Surabhi Malik, Program Director with Internews and  Google News Initiative India Training Network, and Nalin Mehta, Executive Editor of TOI-Online. They discuss the epidemic of “fake news” and how it threatens to destroy the credibility of news. 

Where do we stand on fake news and where are we headed? Watch to find out.

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