Civic Tech Field Guide

Mercenários Digitais

South America

Brasil: Investigação transnacional revela empresas de marketing político ligadas à extrema direita

reports

We are an initiative that serves as a crucial building block in strengthening the Kenyan media ecosystem, working to rebuild trust amongst the key players in the ecosystem and the public, and putting in place resources that will help address challenges being faced in terms of business models.

Reverso

Argentina

Se trata del primer y más ambicioso proyecto periodístico colaborativo del país, del que participan los medios principales de toda la Argentina (de gráfica, digitales, radio y TV) y cuya finalidad es luchar contra la desinformación durante las campañas electorales.

Comprova

Brazil (Brasil)

Comprova brings together journalists from 28 different Brazilian media companies to identify and explain rumors, fabricated content and manipulation tactics that might influence the 2018 presidential election campaign.

WhatsApp

Coalizão para Checagem, Eleições 2020

Brazil (Brasil)

TSE coordinated a fact-checking coalition, comprising nine renowned fact-checking organizations from the media, named “Coalizão para Checagem – Eleições 2020” (Fact-Checking Coalition – 2020 Elections).

Verificado.uy

Uruguay (Republica Oriental del Uruguay)

A project to verify media around the 2019 elections

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.

African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA)

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.