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Factchecking is a longstanding approach to fighting disinformation, where individual claims, speeches, and rumors can be researched and verified or debunked.
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Tirto.id
IndonesiaTirto.id translates the enlightening vision as the necessity of presenting clear, enlightening, insightful, contextual, deep, investigative, factual, supported by a lot of quantitative and qualitative data. - both secondary and primary, and can be accounted for.
Snopes
United States of America (the)When misinformation obscures the truth and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes.com’s fact checking and original, investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis.
Rappler values truth-telling, facts, and factual reporting.
Raskrinkavanje
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина)The Raskrinkavanje.ba platform was launched by the team of the "Why Not" organization, which has many years of experience in fact-checking, through work on checking the accuracy and consistency of statements of public officials, and monitoring the fulfillment of election promises on the Istinomjer platform.
VERA Files is a nonstock, nonprofit independent media organization.
Polygraph.info is a fact-checking website produced by Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Verify-Sy
Syria, Syrian Arab Republic (Suriyah)Verify-Sy platform is a media platform specialized in examining news and images and verifying information, and Verify-Sy platform seeks to achieve two noble goals: ensuring the citizen's right to obtain accurate and correct information, and contributing as much as possible to improving the performance of the Syrian media and upgrading it by displaying the imbalances that affect it.
VoxCheck
Ukraine (Ukrayina)Provides fact checking, explainers, and analytical articles, especially on issues of economic reform in Ukraine.
Newschecker
India (Bhārat)At Newschecker, it is our aim to limit and crackdown the spread of fake news in society.
Nepal Fact Check
NepalCenter for Media Research – Nepal (CMR Nepal) is an autonomous, research and policy-oriented, not-for-profit non-governmental policy think tank registered with Nepal Government and Social Welfare Council and is based in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
Namibia Fact Check
NamibiaNamibia Fact Check is an impartial initiative that aims to verify public statements and media reports.
Vishvas News
New DelhiVishvas News is an information fact-check and verification portal that is committed to debunking fake news and misinformation in Hindi, English and 10 different Indic languages.
Poynter's Factually helps fact-checkers, educators, journalists and citizens get at the truth. Written by the International Fact-Checking Network’s reporter Harrison Mantas, Factually highlights interesting fact-checks, dives into global misinformation trends and features fact-checking and media literacy training opportunities.
The Internet Archive has started to surface some of these annotations for Wayback Machine users.
FactStream
The Washington Post, K Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe FactStream iOS app brings together the work of three of the largest U.S. fact-checking organizations, The Washington Post, PolitiFact and FactCheck.org.
MediaReview
Duke University, Durham, NC, USAA sibling to ClaimReview that allows fact-checkers to identify whether a video or image has been manipulated.
(Mis)informed
St. Petersburg, Florida, USAThe International Fact-Checking Network is releasing a limited-run podcast about fact-checking and fake news.
The Reporters’ Lab
Duke University, Durham, NC, USAThe Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking, but we also do occasional research about trust in the news media and other topics.
211CHECK
Juba211CHECK is a fact-checking and information verification platform that works on countering misinformation and disinformation in South Sudan.
Correctiv
EssenCorrectiv is a German non-profit newsroom that investigates injustices and abuses of power, and runs educational programs on journalism and media literacy.
Chequeado
ArgentinaChequeado is a non-profit, non-partisan independent media organisation and Latin America's first fact-checking site.
Africa Check
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)Africa Check is an independent, non-profit fact-checking organisation that aims to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa.
Politifact
Duke University, Durham, NC, USAPolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.
Faktograf
Croatia (Hrvatska)Croatian media specializing in fact checking, that is, verifying the factual accuracy of claims in public space.
PesaCheck
East AfricaPesaCheck is a fact-checking initiative to verify the financial and other statistical numbers quoted by public figures across East Africa, supported by International Budget Partnership, and Code for Africa affiliates in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Colombia Check
ColombiaDigital, open and colaborative platform in which news and articles are fact-checked and published regularly for maintaining healthy debates and conversations in Colombia.
International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)
Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 3rd Street South, St. Petersburg, FL, USAThe International Fact-Checking Network is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers worldwide.
Dr.Message 防詐達人
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)which is true and which is false? Pass it to me and know right away! //臉書網頁優惠商品、免費Line貼圖、朋友傳的買一送一好康，到底哪些是真哪個是假？傳給我馬上知道!
Full Fact
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandFull Fact is the UK's independent factchecking organisation
Comprehensive collection of open verification tools and methods
Tech & Check Conference
Duke University, Durham, NC, USAAs part of its Tech & Check Cooperative, the Reporters’ Lab is serving as a hub for automated fact-checking to connect journalists and technologists around the world. The conference gave them an opportunity to demonstrate current projects and discuss the big challenges of automation.
MyGoPen
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)a convenient place to verify that our efforts are to have hope in the future cleaner network environment, cultivate hope we have a verification message can alert attitude Instead of sharing information. // 對於 MyGoPen 的起源是希望協助長輩或有資訊落差的朋友們，有個方便查證的地方，我們的努力是希望未來能有更乾淨的網路環境，希望培養大家都有個可以警戒查證訊息的態度，而不是人云亦云的分享資訊。
Crosscheck
FranceCrossCheck is a collaborative journalism project that brings together newsrooms across France and beyond to accurately report false and misleading claims.
Stowarzyszenie Demagog
Katowice, PolandDemagog Association is Poland's first factchecking organization. It's main aim is the improvement of the quality of the public debate through unbiased and reliable information.
Cofact Thailand
Bangkok, ThailandFight Misinformation in Thailand with Chatbot Fact-Checking
In the four years since fact-checkers around the world first gathered in London for the inaugural Global Fact-Checking Summit, a lot has happened
Istinomjer (Bosnia & Hertzegovina)
Bosnia & Hertzegovina Enver Sehovic 10/2 71000 Sarajevo, BiHIstinomjer je inicijativa koja u svom fokusu ima promociju odgovornosti političkih partija koje participiraju u izvršnoj vlasti, kao i nosioca javnih funkcija koji imaju odgovornost prema građanima/kama BiH. Cilj mu je da politički i javni diskurs u BiH što više usmjeri ka promociji političke odgovornosti kao temeljnog principa demokratije.
The Reporters’ Lab maintains a database of global fact-checking sites.
To meet this need and help ensure fact-checkers can continue doing their important work, this new initiative will provide legal support including connecting fact-checkers with lawyers, establishing a fund to help pay legal fees when pro bono support isn’t available, and publishing guides covering the main legal and non-legal threats that fact-checkers face and how they can be mitigated.
TechAndCheck Newsletter code
Duke University, Durham, NC, USACode to send out a daily tip sheet for fact checkers
Vistinomer
North Macedonia (Severna Makedonija)Holds you Accountable! Macedonian fact-checking outlet
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