Projects - Factchecking

Spinoza

The Spinoza project initially aims to create a tool for journalists based on generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance media coverage of climate change and ecological transition, all while relying on reliable sources.

Pluralisme

France

“Pluralisme.fr is a revolutionary solution in the sense that it will help strengthen Democracy and monitor alternative facts

Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Dalil

Dalil is a web platform enabling faster access to accurate information through AI-powered media monitoring and analysis tools.

Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Dokopalsya!

Russian Federation (the)

Dokopalsya! (which playfully means "got to the bottom of it" in Russian), leverages large language models to serve as a rapid fact-checking assistant in Russian. When users share claims or news snippets, the bot identifies key assertions and checks them against reliable sources, providing evidence-based verification with links to authoritative references.

Telegram

有据 (China Fact Check)

China (Zhong Guo)

China's first independent fact-checker, verifying international news

Spread the Facts Grant Program

Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 3rd Street South, St. Petersburg, FL, USA

To support fact-checking on WhatsApp, the International Fact-Checking Network is offering a new round of its Spread the Facts grant program in partnership with Meta to combat AI-generated misinformation.

GlobalFact

The Impact and Opportunities of Generative AI in Fact-Checking

Washington state, USA

Paper by ROBERT WOLFE and TANUSHREE MITRA, University of Washington, United States

EDMO Fact-Checking Community

Florence

We Need Cooperation Among Fact-Checkers

European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)

Florence

the EU’s largest interdisciplinary network to counter disinformation.

Facts and Fakes in video

Russian Federation (the)

Fact-checking video for Youtube and Rutube: displaying references to refutations, proofs and disputs of the facts contained in the video, as well as the video rating of the video and the overall channel rating.

YouTube

EUfactcheck.eu

Mechelen

EUfactcheck, an initiative of the European Journalism Training Association (EJTA) fights misinformation about European policies and topics. Journalism students from all over Europe factcheck claims made by politicians and others and rate them.

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Google Factcheck Explorer

A standalone product for users to query the veracity of text- and image-based claims

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Hibrid.info

Prishtina, Kosovo

Kosovo factchecking project out of ADS nonprofit

Global Fact Check Fund

Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 3rd Street South, St. Petersburg, FL, USA

The Global Fact Check Fund will award grants in an open competition for one or a series of programs to support third-party organizations in strengthening the capabilities of fact-checking organizations across the world.

Groundviews

Centre for Policy Alternatives, 24/2, 28th Lane, off Flower Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

Groundviews is a citizens journalism website based in Sri Lanka which uses a range of genres and media to highlight alternative perspectives on governance, human rights, the arts and literature, peace-building and other issues.

Kosh

India (Bhārat)

Archive containing content scraped from all the different sources- the Tattle Jod telegram bot, Fact-checking sites, social media and chat apps.

PolétikaRD Chequeos

C. Josefa Perdomo 160 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Fact-checking in the Dominican Republic

Chequeo Colectivo

Argentina

Es una plataforma abierta para verificar contenidos a pedido de la comunidad.

WhatsApp Third Party Fact-Checkers

San Francisco

End-to-end fact-checking on the WhatsApp Business API organized by Meedan

WhatsApp

Ellinika Hoaxes

Greece (Ellas, Ellada)

Τα «ellinikahoaxes.gr» είναι ο μοναδικός ελληνικός ιστότοπος κατά της παραπληροφόρησης και η μοναδική συντονισμένη προσπάθεια κατάρριψης αναληθών δημοσιευμάτων στο ελληνικό διαδίκτυο. Εργαλεία μας, η έρευνα, η συλλογή στοιχείων και πληροφοριών από αξιόπιστες πηγές και σωστή αξιολόγηση τους.

Mchaguzi

Kenya

Mchaguzi is an independent web-based, voter-centred electoral intelligence toolkit designed and implemented by The Demography Project, to enhance citizen participation and engagement before, during and after the 2022 Kenyan General Election.

Cazadores de Fake News

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Somos una comunidad crowdsourcing que monitorea la desinformación difundidas en cadenas de WhatsApp y redes sociales entre venezolanos. Nuestro centro de operaciones es un grupo de Telegram abierto en el que analizamos colectivamente la información que recibimos.

Watchdog

Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Watchdog is a multidisciplinary team of factcheckers, journalists, researchers and software engineers. We hunt hoaxes and misinformation, investigate matters of public welfare, and build software tools that help operations like ours.

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Doble Check

University of Costa Rica

Doble Check is a public discourse auditing project financed by the University of Costa Rica and which operates as a project affiliated with Radio Stations UCR.

GhanaFact

Ghana

Ghana’s first full-time fact-checking organisation signatory to the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN) Code of Principles.

Mafindo

Indonesia

Served as a center for clarification of issues suspected to be hoaxes.

Factly

Hyderabad

Factly strives to cultivate civic participation and engaging citizens in accessing, understanding, and using important government data/information at various levels

African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA)

Africa

The African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA) is a network of media and civil society organizations that work to counter misinformation. The network supports fact-checking missions to debunk dangerous content, including conspiracy theories and misinformation.

Fact Check Initiative Japan

Japan (Nihon or Nippon)

FIJ is a non-profit organization for the promotion of Japanese fact-checking aimed at protecting society from mis/disinformation.

Fact Crescendo

Crescendo Transcription Pvt Ltd, STPI, # 23, 24, 25 & 26, 2nd Floor, Naregaon Main Rd, MIDC Industrial Area, Chilkalthana, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431201 India

Fact Crescendo is an independent, unbiased fact-checking website that is committed to bringing the fact behind every news, debunking mis-interpreted & hoax news on a daily basis on false, mis-informed, social media as well as mainstream media.

Ethiopia Check

Ethiopia (Ityop'iya)

Ethiopia Check debunks claims and exposes fake news using its platforms on Facebook (52,000 followers), Twitter (7,000 followers) and Telegram (34,000 followers).

El Sabueso

Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos)

Animal Politico's fact-checking project. "Fooling a dog is difficult."

Ecuador Chequea

Quito, Ecuador

Data enriches public debate and therefore strengthens democracy. An informed society is capable of making conscious decisions.

MediaBiasFactCheck

Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC), founded in 2015, is an independent online media outlet.

Aos Fatos

Daily, journalists from Aos Fatos follow statements by politicians and authorities of national expression, from different party colors, in order to verify if they are speaking the truth. For this, we adopted a formula with seven steps to carry out our checks.

BOOM

Mumbai

BOOM is an independent digital journalism initiative. We are India’s premier fact checking website, committed to bring to our readers verified facts rather than opinion. When there is a claim, we will fact check it.

Agência Lupa

Brazil (Brasil)

The Magnifier is the first news agency in Brazil to specialize in journalistic technique known worldwide as fact-checking and was founded on November 1, 2015.

Bolivia Verifica

Bolivia (Buliwya / Wuliwya / Volívia)

Bolivia Verifica is a non-profit, non-political digital media that is dedicated to the verification of false news and public discourse to fight against disinformation and improve democratic participation.

Centre for Democracy & Development Fact Check program

Chequea Bolivia

Bolivia (Buliwya / Wuliwya / Volívia)

A fundamental pillar of the democratic system is that there is freedom of expression and dissemination, and that citizens are duly informed to make correct decisions in their daily lives.

Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia

Indonesia

cekfakta.com adalah sebuah sebuah proyek kolaboratif pengecekan fakta yang dibangun di atas API Yudistira oleh MAFINDO ( Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia ) dan bekerja sama dengan beberapa media online yang tergabung di AJI ( Aliansi Jurnalis Independen ) dan AMSI ( Asosiasi Media Siber Indonesia ) serta didukung oleh Google News Initiative dan Internews serta FirstDraft

Annir Initiative

Libya (Libiyah)

Annir is a non-partisan digital initiative specialized in raising awareness about Media & Information Literacy and Digital Safety.

Efecto Cocuyo Chequea

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

We are an independent Venezuelan media, which uses all its platforms for the free exercise of journalism and access to information.

Dubawa

Nigeria

DUBAWA is Nigeria’s independent verification and fact-checking platform, initiated by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) and supported by the most influential newsrooms and civic organisations in the country to help amplify the culture of truth in public discourse, public policy, and media practice.