A text message received by a staff member warned that his fingers would be ‘cut off’.
Fact-checking organizations around the world face threats, harassment, and lack of funding
Dawn Diplomat Reporter
London: The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of strangling independent media.
A text message received by a staff member warned that his fingers would be ‘cut off.’ Its main function is to raise funds to sustain operations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India is all set to win the upcoming parliamentary elections for the third time in a row. But they have been accused of stifling independent media. Under-resourced and under attack, fact-checking organizations have been out of action in the run-up to elections in dozens of countries this year.
Fake political claims and fraud that threaten election transparency have been compared by some researchers as a seemingly never-ending game, but in this situation, it has become a challenge for fact-checking.
