Facebook-supported programme to tackle Covid misinformation in India

Logically and NewsMobile on Tuesday announced their collaboration on a Facebooksupported programme a series of media literacy workshops targeting Covid19 misinformation in IndiaThe multilingual programme called Covishaala aims to educate and inform people across India on the facts about Covid19 and vaccinations in an effort to reduce vaccine hesitancy and limit the spread of the diseaseThe initiative forms part of Facebooks global efforts to tackle Covid19 misinformation on and off its platform By investing in programmes such as Covishaala the social media giant aims to improve media literacy skills among the general public and encourage takeup of the Covid19 vaccineThis partnership is the latest step in our ongoing efforts to support factcheckers and connect them with resources to stop the spread of Covid19 and health misinformation Facebook India Director and Head of Partnerships Manish Chopra said in a statementAlso read Facebook now reveals mostviewed content in News FeedCovishaala deploys a Train the Trainer model empowering influential professionals from various fields including medicine education and journalism with the tools and information they need to address the Covid19 misinformation impacting their communitiesThe workshops delivered by experts at Logically and NewsMobile along with local journalists and the medical fraternity includes guidance in various languages on how to spot misinformation build media literacy skills and identify trustworthy sources of informationIt also provides robust strategies to translate this knowledge into actionable advice applicable and accessible to any audience in IndiaToo often media literacy programmes do not reach those most in need which is why Covishaala has been designed specifically to target those most vulnerable to false news rumours and narratives Logically Founder and CEO Lyric Jain saidBy empowering influential leaders and experts with the information and strategies they need to help people in their communities we can make a demonstrable and scalable impact against damaging Covid19 misinformation Jain addedCovishaala held its first successful workshop in July this year and it was attended by professionals from Delhi Gurgaon and Mumbai It is now being rolled out across India over the next two months and will undergo a full evaluation and impact assessment upon completionBoth Logically and NewsMobile are signatories of the International FactChecking Networks Code of Principles and have frontline expertise in delivering media literacy training and countermisinformation operationsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever