After Karnataka, the Tamil Nadu government has formed a Fact Check Unit to act as a “deterrent to perpetrators, creators and disseminators of fake news and misinformation” which will directly come under the control of Sports Minister Udhayanidhi.The government has also hired Iyan Karthikeyan, who was the Editor of the fact-checking website YouTurn, as the head of the new unit with a monthly salary of Rs 3 lakh.
A Government Order (GO) issued by R Selvaraj, Secretary, Tamil Development and Information Department, said the new unit will check the authenticity of information related to the state government of Tamil Nadu across all media platforms.