Post Truth

How Alt News is trying to take on the fake news ecosystem in India

In its brief career so far, AltNews has quickly begun to acquire a reputation as a slayer of fake news

Alternative facts: Surviving a time when accurate information is scarce but unverified reports thrive

When faced with alternative facts in this post-truth world, engage in evidence-based thinking

Arvind Kejriwal’s 'no truth' politics adds a new dimension to the 'post truth' era

Arvind Kejriwal is championing an era of No-Truth politics.

Facebook announces new tools and features to tackle problem of fake news

Facebook stressed that the new features are part of an ongoing process to refine and test how it deals with fake news.

Donald Trump is Time's Person of the Year: And why the hell not?

Earlier this week, TIME announced that its Person of the Year for 2016 would be US president-elect Donald Trump

Xenophobia: Is dictionary.com's word of the year an accurate reflection of 2016?

You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com's word of the year is "xenophobia."

Fake News problem: reading news on the internet for dummies

Google, Twitter and Facebook are in the spotlight because of a problem of fake news and malicious articles circulating on their services.