While social media has helped people connect with their friends and family in much easier ways than ever before, it has also become a primary source of false news and allegations. A lot of fake news is being shared and forwarded mainly through WhatsApp and Facebook in India every day and I’m sure you would be aware of it. To fight these kinds of false allegations, popular fact-checking website Alt News has added a new feature in its Android app.
On the screen which appears now, press Next to submit the image or video to the Alt News team. You will get a notification after a while confirming if the uploaded news in the image is legit or not. In case the news in the image you’ve uploaded has already been fact-checked, it will appear below the image/video upload screen.
