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Big Tech has been trying to fight fake news. But it has come across as a rather big challenge in language. There still aren’t many systems in place to tackle fake news and misinformation in regional languages spoken across the country. So, what should be done? Is the Big Tech translating the problem statement well?
All was merry at a small village fair up in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, not too far from the picturesque town of Kasol. The songs were flowing, and the vibe was cheerful.Cheerful, until a smiling local translated the lyrics of a song in their local tongue Dogri to Hindi for us. To our surprise and horror, the lyrics were based on news and mostly on WhatsApp forwards — set to the tune of popular Bollywood numbers. In a village where only a
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