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Govt Activates Fact-Check Unit To Debunk False Info
Mint Kolkata
|May 10, 2025
Information Regarding A Terrorist Attack On An Army Brigade In Rajouri Was Also Shared And Circulated Widely
In the wake of Operation Sindoor, India's cross-border counterstrike following the Pahalgam terror attack, government fact-checking units swung into high alert to highlight and debunk misleading information on social and mainstream media and set the record straight.
Their job multiplied as social media channels were flooded with unverified images of troop movements, doctored videos claiming to show missile launches, and misleading news about diplomatic escalations.
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