🇮🇳 India election 2021

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The Ekta consortium was first assembled in November-December 2018 to fact-check misinformation related to the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections. It was reconstituted to collect, analyze and fact-check misinformation related to the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections in India, identifying misinformation trends and insights in the country and working to promote media an information literacy.

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Kinan aims to bring AI to the fact-checking newsroom and allows Fatabyyano’s audience to request fact-checks from the journalists on team. Social media users can reach out to Kinan and ask questions using Facebook messenger, Instagram and Twitter.

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Shalini Joshi

Shalini Joshi has worked as a media educator and journalist in India and is cofounder of Khabar Lahariya, an independent women-led newsroom in India.

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Sneha Alexander

Sneha Alexander is a public policy graduate with work experiences as a data journalist and fact-checker in India.

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Eric Mugendi

Mugendi is a verification expert, having managed one of Africa’s leading fact-checking organizations. He has an interest in technology for good, and has also contributed to the growth of citizen-driven civic tech initiatives in East Africa.

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Haramoun Hamieh

Haramoun is a media worker and consultant. He co-founded and managed several media initiatives at the intersection of social sciences, journalism, archiving and design. He is interested in exploring the various ways digital media, big tech and algorithms influence how we learn about and react to hyperlocal and global events.

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