Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: TH
Context: The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA) is a group of 14 digital publishers that have proposed forming a self-regulatory body to provide fact-checking services to social media platforms.
About the Alliance:
| About | Details |
| Purpose | Combat misinformation and build tools for fact-checking |
| Membership | Founded in 2022, it is open to any organization that applies |
| Number of Members | 14 digital publishers including Boom Live, Factly, The Logical Indian, Vishwas News, The Quint |
| Legal provision | Recent Amendment to Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 has provision for the establishment of a government-run body to fact-check any misinformation about the government. MCA has approached the government to act as a self-regulating body to flag fake news online |
| Concerns | MCA’s members do not include all major fact-checking sites in India e.g., ‘Alt News’ has doubted the credibility of the MCA |
| Other fact-checking initiatives | Press Information Bureau’s fact check; International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN); The Healthy Indian Project, a site which is dedicated to medical and nutritional misinformation |
