Farmers Protests Intensify, Phone Calls Replace Internet Kisan organisations active
The farmers struggle that got fresh impetus after clips of Rakesh Tikait in tears went viral, continues with seemingly new determination and grit.
“The general mood in the entire Punjab remains upbeat about the ongoing struggle. We are holding meetings and marches across the state,” said Kanwaljit Khanna who has been among the organizers of the farmers’ movement in the state.
“We are sending across the message to the masses that the protest is in ‘Chardi Kala (a state of absolute positivity) and more and more people should join hands and reach the protest sites,’ said Manik Goyal of Tractor2Twitter team that has been setting pro farmer narrative trends on the social media daily.
By Shruti Uikey
Fake news has emerged a new menace, whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint this noble profession. Ram Nath Kovind
In the context to understand the menace of spread of disinformation and the negative consequences of it, a group of 3 students from IIM Ahmedabad moved into an interview with Nirjhari Sinha, Director, Pravda Media Foundation, the parent company of Alt News and founder-member of a Gujarat-based civil liberties organisation Jan Sangharsh Manch and her son Pratik Sinha, Founder, Alt News to learn from their experiences in the field and a vision for the future thereof.
Fact-checkers like Alt News are striving to counter instances of such falsifications with evidence-backed facts and proven truths. But, given the scale of the phenomenon and in the absence of an automated fact-checking mechanism, it gets tough to stay committed to such a movement.