Jagran New Media’s internationally awarded and trusted fact-checking wing, Vishvas News rolls out its WhatsApp Broadcasting Channel as Meta launches the feature in 150+ countries. Users can now get the latest fact-checks & alerts with relevant videos and practices on WhatsApp to lead a more secure, informed and misinformation-free life.
Users can be a part of the Vishvas News WhatsApp Channel without revealing their number, name or any identifying information and yet get the latest updates from Vishvas News. With up-to-date fact-checks, explainers and alerts in video and multimedia formats, Vishvas News will help audiences remain safe from misinformation.
Commenting on the new channel, Rajesh Upadhyay, Editor-in-Chief, Jagran New Media, said, “For the last five years, Vishvas News has been empowering readers to identify & counter misformation successfully with fact check reports and media literacy training. This new channel will allow readers to choose our services through WhatsApp without sharing their numbers orother private information, and give one more touchpoint to the audience to successfully tacklefake news.”
The tech giant Meta describes the broadcasting tool as “a simple, reliable, and private way to receive important updates from people and organisations, right within WhatsApp.” Channels will be available via a new tab called Updates and users can follow different channels, which are separated from chats with family, friends, and communities. Organisations and influencers like BCCI, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, and many others have launched their channels.
The new feature on WhatsApp is a one-way broadcast tool for admins to communicate through different mediums such as texts, photos, videos, stickers, and polls. WhatsApp is building a searchable brand directory where users can find the Vishvas News channel for everythingrelated to fact-checks, and updates on scams, misinformation and harmful claims.
Vishvas News has a dedicated team of certified and trained fact-checkers to ensure that any viral claim or potential fake news is cross-checked, in line with the organisation’s editorial policy and IFCN’s Code of Principles.
To start using this new feature, users have to update WhatsApp to the latest version. Click here to join the channel.
About Vishvas.News
Vishvas.News is India’s leading fact-check and verification portal with a dedicated editorial team to identify, verify and authenticate news. It is available in 12 languages including Hindi, English, Punjabi, Urdu, Assamese, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali, and Gujarati. Vishvas.News is a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which puts the site among a handful of prestigious global media portals that have received the esteemed international certification. Vishvas.News checks the authenticity of any news or misinformation purely based on facts without any fear or prejudice. A Google News Initiative India Network-trained Editor and the team follow a policy of non-partisanship and fairness in this fact-checking and verification exercise. Under the umbrella of Jagran New Media, Vishvas.The news brings to the fore issues which impact the lives of individuals, communities and the whole nation at large. The platform provides stories that come from genres including politics, sports, health, sanitation, law and justice, education, environment, employment, innovation, science, and socially and ethnically disadvantaged groups.
About Jagran New Media:
Jagran New Media has a reach of over 79 million users (Comscore MMX Multi-Platform - Top10; Unique Visitors, May 2023) and consolidated its position amongst the top 8 news and info publishers in India. The company publishes multimedia content which includes over 7000 stories and 40 videos in a day.
JNM has an array of offerings under the media & publishing category and has been a pioneer in providing real-time content across genres, with news and politics being the primary drivers, education, lifestyle, health, auto, and technology are also significant contributors. The company has dedicated websites covering news & politics which include www.jagran.com, www.naidunia.com, www.inextlive.com, www.punjabijagran.com, www.gujaratijagran.com, and english.jagran.com. A leading health website in 3 languages www.onlymyhealth.com, womenfocus portal www.herzindagi.com in 3 languages, and a focused website for education www.jagranjosh.com. A leading fact-checking website www.vishvasnews.com in 12 languages and a gaming vertical www.jagranplay.com, also contribute to the offering.
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