Message from Karen Ross and Claudia Padovani Hello colleagues – we hope that you are finding ways to manage this new and troubling normal as we each navigate routes through our fears and uncertainties. For most of us, we continue to work with our students and our colleagues as their lives and ours cannot simply … Read more
Google, Facebook and Twitter could do more to surface fact-checks about coronavirus (Feel free to translate this article and republished it in your language/site. You will only have to say it was first published by Poynter/IFCN’s website + give the original URL) On social media, IFCN has shared the following content: Twitter: https://twitter.com/factchecknet/status/1225418872221683713?s=20 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/factchecknet/photos/a.675312159653563/827598587758252/?type=3&theater Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Ol91FBYJf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Please … Read more
The 3rd report based on the first 180 fact-checks by IFCN members was published earlier by Poynter/IFCN’s website (in English). Panic and fear might be limiting human reasoning and fueling hoaxes about coronavirus (Feel free to translate this article and republished it in your language/site. You will only have to say it was first published … Read more
the 2nd report based on the first 86 fact-checks members have shared and the article is now available at Poynter/IFCN’s website (in English). Photos and videos allegedly showing the coronavirus are now challenging fact-checkers (Feel free to translate this article and republished it in your language/site. You will only have to say it was first … Read more
The IFCN has just published the 1st report based on the first 20 fact-checks the network members have shared and it is now available at Poynter/IFCN’s website (in English). Coronavirus: Fact-checkers from 30 countries are fighting 3 waves of misinformation Twitter: https://twitter.com/factchecknet/status/1222157378583293952?s=20 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/620861408431972/posts/820934011758043/?d=n Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B73a0YEBYdZ/?igshid=17zhbw86avpmh
Verifying online information: The absolute essentials First Draft This is the second in a series of new Essential Guides published by First Draft. Covering newsgathering, verification, responsible reporting, online safety, digital ads and more, each book is intended as a starting point for exploring the challenges of digital journalism in the modern age. They are also supporting … Read more
IFCN has published the ‘State of the Fact-Checkers 2019` report. The report has been made possible by the submissions from IFCN’s verified signatories and the ones in the renewal process between April – July 2019 and covers the year of 2018. Please take a look at the story and the actual report co-authored by the IFCN team and feel … Read more
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Over 245,000 sites, domains blocked in Turkey over 5 years – report | Ahval Turkey has blocked a total of 245,825 websites and domains between 2014-2018, according to a 2018 report by the Istanbul Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD). The move to block access to the sites and domains was made by 578 different organisations, with … Read more
TRIAL OF ACADEMICS: Academic Sentenced to 1 Year, 3 Months in Prison Bianet :: English Academic for Peace Sezai Ozan Zeybek has been sentenced to 1 year, 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of the verdict has been deferred by the İstanbul 26th Heavy Penal Court. Global Peace Index … Read more
Freedom and the Media 2019: A Downward Spiral Freedom House Freedom and the Media: A Downward Spiral By Sarah Repucci, Senior Director for Research and Analysis Key Findings Freedom of the media has been deteriorating around the world over the past decade. In some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist leaders have overseen … Read more
The ECM was launched on Thursday, May 23 at the European Communication Summit in Berlin and the full report is available for free download at www.communicationmonitor.eu (PDF, 132 pp., English). The European Communication Monitor 2019 surveyed 46 countries producing the following highlights: – Communication practitioners experience a low level of trust in their profession, but feel confident … Read more
Full report here Microsoft has unseated Google at the top of the 2019 RDR Corporate Accountability Index. Telefónica outpaced Vodafone among telecommunications companies. Yet despite progress, most companies still leave users in the dark about key policies and practices affecting privacy and freedom of expression, according to the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index, released today. … Read more
Things are getting as worse as possible. Today an imprisoned mafia leader explicitly targeted Karar daily columnists. Karar is a pro-Davutoğlu Islamist daily. One of the most aggressive ministers of internal affairs, Süleyman Soylu, ordered police not to let main opposition party members (CHP) attend soldier funerals. Criminalization of CHP continues in full scale. A rare good … Read more
Peace Index: Turkey Ranks Worse Than 148 Countries, Better Than 14 Bianet :: English Of 163 countries, Turkey has ranked 149th in the 2018 Global Peace Index, which marks a deterioration by three ranks in comparison with last year. The worst grade has been given to Turkey in the category of “neighboring countries relations”. *************** ‘Urgent Action’ … Read more