Small armies of grassroots fact-checkers are battling a wave of election misinformation in Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy. Small armies of grassroots fact-checkers like Febriani and her fellow volunteers are battling a wave of election misinformation in the world's third-largest democracy, dedicating spare time to debunk posts before next week's presidential vote. The site's reports are used by thousands of volunteers in more than 40 cities across the Southeast Asian archipelago nation to debunk posts. Photo: BAY ISMOYO / AFP/FileSource: AFP"It is a completely unbalanced and one-sided war," Mafindo founder Harry Sufehmi told AFP. Many of the false posts handled by the fact-checkers target state bodies such as the police, anti-graft and election commissions.

Source: Daily Nation February 09, 2024 07:08 UTC