It used to be that a picture was worth a thousand words, what you recorded on camera was proof enough and the written word was sacrosanct. Alas No more.
While the spurt of social media platforms has been a boon for connectivity and inclusion, its emerging role in spreading rumours and fake news has sounded alarmed bells at all levels.
News mobile has made it a mission to nick the rumours in the bud and bust the fake news.
Here is what we have been busy doing in 2018:
BBC didn’t predict win for BJP in Rajasthan; don’t believe the FAKE opinion poll
No! PM Modi did not ask a child to say ‘Rahul Gandhi papu hai’ on stage
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/11/01/the-crowd-did-not-chant-modi-modi-during-ragas-rally-as-this-video-claims/
Amazon is not selling Apple Watch for Rs 11; here’s the reality behind this WhatsApp Forward
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/10/25/no-pm-modi-is-not-paying-15-lakh-per-month-to-a-makeup-artist/
http://newsmobile.in/articles/2018/07/14/typing-gratula-in-comments-will-not-give-the-safety-status-of-facebook-account/
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