TN Fact Check Unit name changed, Vijay fan club head is chief

THE TVK government has renamed the Tamil Nadu Fact Check Unit as the Information Integrity Desk (IID) and put TVK's social media head Guru, popularly known as Guru Thalaiva, founder of the Online Thalapathy Fans Club, in charge. Separately, TVK IT wing coordinator Dhivya has been appointed special officer of the social media desk under the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR). The IID's mandate, according to sources, remains largely unchanged from its previous form which is identifying misinformation and manipulated content, verifying claims against official sources, publishing evidence-based fact checks, and containing panic before it spreads. Guru heads the unit with Prasanna as the IID lead and Sujitha as the public relations officer.