Abstract: In November 2023, CDF and Tinkerhub joined forces to organise HackFake, a first-of-its-kind humanities and tech hackathon to address the critical need for innovative solutions to tackle misinformation in the Indian vernacular — specifically in the Malayalam language. Journalism students from VNS College Konni and Calicut University, along with engineering students and senior AI/ML engineers worked on the database and through the 36-hour hackathon to build a tool fact-checking tool in Malayalam. The kit for the tool has been kept open source to allow researchers and news organisations to build on it. Mathrubhumi, The Fourth News, and Dool News supported this initiative.
HackFake Hackathon Report by Citizen Digital Foundation is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
