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Indian government forcing smartphone makers to share source code? PIB fact-checks viral report

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    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    10% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Indian government smartphone policy, smartphone manufacturers source code, PIB fact check, PIB clarifies viral report, India source code sharing, smartphone security India, government tech regulations India, Android source code India, iOS source code India, data privacy India, cybersecurity policy India, mobile phone regulations, smartphone security overhaul, PIB press release India, fact check news India A news report by Reuters had claimed that India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part of a raft of security measures.
49% : Industry experts say consultations should not be confused with regulation.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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