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Fact Crescendo
Crescendo Transcription Pvt Ltd, STPI, # 23, 24, 25 & 26, 2nd Floor, Naregaon Main Rd, MIDC Industrial Area, Chilkalthana, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431201 IndiaFact 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.
FactBar
Finland (Suomi)The Digital Literacy Curriculum, focused on disinfo detection, was developed with the Finnish government for integration in schools, supported by the EU Parliament.
IFES looks forward to the virtual launch of a working group that will focus on tackling the challenges presented by social media and disinformation to electoral processes across Europe and Eurasia.
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).
The European Union developed a Code of Practice on Disinformation based on the findings of its High Level Working Group on the issue.
EU vs. Disinformation
EuropeEUvsDisinfo is the flagship project of the European External Action Service’s East StratCom Task Force. It was established in 2015 to better forecast, address, and respond to the Russian Federation’s ongoing disinformation campaigns affecting the European Union, its Member States, and countries in the shared neighbourhood.
EU Disinfo Lab
EuropeEU DisinfoLab is an independent non-profit organisation focused on tackling sophisticated disinformation campaigns targeting the EU, its member states, core institutions, and core values.
Argentina's Ethical Digital Commitment
Buenos Aires"Pledge signed by political parties and technology/social network companies committing to avoiding fake news and mechanisms of disinformation that may affect upcoming elections." - Countering Disinfo
El Sabueso
Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos)Animal Politico's fact-checking project. "Fooling a dog is difficult."
Organized an e-conference for over 150 women candidates for elected office in Uganda, with a focus on navigating social barriers to political participation, including misinformation and cyberbullying.
Dubawa
NigeriaDUBAWA 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.
Dutch Code of Conduct Transparency Online Political Advertisements
Netherlands (Nederland, Holland)This Code of Conduct was published to address the issues of election transparency and disinformation in the digital sphere.
Ecuador Chequea
Quito, EcuadorData enriches public debate and therefore strengthens democracy. An informed society is capable of making conscious decisions.
El Poder de Elegir is a project to monitor and fact-check the political information that circulates through WhatsApp during the campaign period of the presidential elections of 2018.
Disinformation campaign map
Washington, DCA map visualizing the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab research on coordinated disinformation campaigns.
Efecto Cocuyo Chequea
Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaWe are an independent Venezuelan media, which uses all its platforms for the free exercise of journalism and access to information.
Disinfo Defense League Policy Platform
Media Democracy Fund, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe Disinfo Defense League Policy Platform is a series of legislative, executive, and international recommendations addressing disinformation.
DisinfoPortal.org was the Atlantic Council's one-stop interactive online portal and guide to the Kremlin’s information war.
Doble Check
University of Costa RicaDoble 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.
DisinfoWatch
CanadaDisinfoWatch is a Canadian foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform.
The Digital Polarization Initiative, or “DigiPo”, is ADP's national effort to build student civic, information and web literacy by having students participate in a broad, cross-institutional project to fact-check, annotate, and provide context to the different news stories that show up in our Twitter and Facebook feeds.
DIRT is a protocol for decentralized information curation that uses token staking to incentivize honesty.
A user guide for civil society organizations and researchers to assess the vulnerability of a country’s electoral integrity to online manipulation.
Digital Democracy Room
Rio de JaneiroThe Digital Democracy Room is an initiative of FGV DAPP to monitor the public debate on the internet and fight disinformation strategies which threaten the integrity of political and electoral processes, seeking to strengthen the democratic institutions.
The Certified Content Coalition certified trustworthy publishers that meet fundamental standards, giving consumers confidence in journalistic content.
Digital Democracy Charter
36-38 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EB, UK"The Digital Democracy Charter outlines several guiding principles on countering online disinformation and strengthening our democracies given the new digital age." - Counteringdisinformation.org
The Digital Democracy Monitor Toolkit seeks to empower researchers with the knowledge, tools and examples to analyse democratic discourse online.
Digital Ethical Pact
PanamaPanama's Digital Ethical Pact is an agreement where signatories pledge to follow the following: 1. Collaborate with the Electoral Tribunal so that the electoral ban is respected and electoral campaign is only carried out during the permitted periods of 45 days before the internal elections of the political parties and 60 days before the general elections.
A report analyzing online spaces being weaponized to exclude women leaders and undermine the role of women in public life. It investigates gendered disinformation on Poland and the Philippines through Twitter data analyses.
Desconfío
ArgentinaDesconfío is an initiative launched by the Data Concepción team. It builds tools, produces research, and leads trainings.
The Digital Enquirer Kit is centered around misinformation, fact-based research and digital security.
Digit Eye
India (Bhārat)Digiteye India is an independent digital news fact-checking venture by a small group of veteran journalists who came together to bring forth authentic facts behind daily news and claims being passed on as news, social media messages and views.
Detector de Mentiras
ColombiaLa Silla Vacía is an informative and interactive medium for people interested in current Colombian politics.
Detektor Media
Ukraine (Ukrayina)Media Detector is a non-governmental organization established by Ukrainian journalists in January 2004.
Our mission is to ensure that information technology and social media play a proactive role in supporting democracy and human rights globally.
The DeepTrust Alliance is a global coalition of stakeholders advancing the fight against digital disinformation and deepfakes.
Connects academic research on disinformation threats and vulnerability to governments, CSOs, technology firms, political organizations.
Debunk.eu
Lithuania (Lietuva)DEBUNK (demaskuok in Lithuanian) is a unique Lithuania-born initiative uniting competing media outlets, journalists, volunteers for a single purpose – to make society more resilient to orchestrated disinformation campaigns.
Data Analytics for Social Media Monitoring
Washington, DCThis new guide is designed to help democracy practitioners better understand social media trends, content, data, and networks.
Cyber News Verification Lab
Hong KongThis project is an experiment in experiential learning through a cyber verification lab at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre.
The purpose of this handbook is to increase public communicators' awareness and understanding of information influence campaigns and develop their ability to respond.
Countering Misinformation about Armenia
Armenia (Hayastán)Monitoring of the selected talk shows, newspapers, electronic periodicals of both Russian and Armenian mass media to examine the media coverage, the possible labelling and targeted information conveyed to wide audiences in the result of the activity of Russian and Armenian news and information periodicals, TV talk shows and websites.
To combat what the World Health Organization has called an "infodemic" around Covid-19, BBC News Africa has launched a searchable library of fact-checks debunking popular myths and misinformation about coronavirus in Africa.
In 12 episodes, Jay Smooth teaches you Media Literacy! Based on an introductory college level curriculum, this series takes you through the history and psychology of media and gives you the skills to become more media savvy.
Credibility Coalition
San FranciscoThe Credibility Coalition brings people together to develop common standards for information credibility.
Misinformation Detector was a "decentralized trust protocol" tool to track news credibility.
NCRI has built its own proprietary platform that has played a critical role in the identification and forecasting of emerging threats that threaten the Economic, physical and social health of civil society.
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