Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 -- By Sandun Arosha Fernando
In the fast-paced world of digital misinformation, fact-checkers play a crucial role in ensuring accuracy. But what happens when a fact-checking organization itself is accused of getting the facts wrong? A recent controversy surrounding Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's official Tamil Facebook page has sparked serious concerns about the credibility of Facebook's third-party fact-checking in the country.
The Disappearing Post and the Whistleblower
Recently, Nirosh Niro, a journalist from the Tamil Mirror newspaper, claimed that an improper post was published on the official Tamil Facebook page of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (https://web.facebook.com/AnuraKumaraTamil) an...