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Sushant Singh To China, How Fake News Makers Switched Gears In Hours

We analysed 174 fact checks done by us in May and June. This is what we found.

By - Archis Chowdhury | 14 July 2020 3:28 PM IST

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Between May and June, a number of shocking, surprising and overwhelming events occurred, both in India and abroad, which led to major misinformation campaigns around such events.

Around 5.2% of our fact checks were related to "Bollywood", while 4% of the stories were on "Protests". Let us look at some major events that led the rise of these topics in the fake news ecosystem.

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