The Global Fact-Check Chatbot (GFC) has been officially constituted, launching with 38 founding members (the list is available below). This initiative, which originated during the convening in Bosnia in June 2024, was developed to address the urgent need for innovation in the field. Since then, the team has focused on engineering a multilingual, easy-to-use tool designed … Read more
The International Fact-Checking Network today released the annual State of the Fact-Checkers Report as part of activities marking International Fact-Checking Day on Wednesday, April 2. The report makes the case for fact-checking and explores trends in financial sustainability, partnerships, focus areas, collaborations, AI use in fact-checking newsrooms, staffing, community resilience, and more. You can view … Read more
The State of Fact-Checking: Key Takeaways from the Panel In the first panel of the POINT12, panelists covered the state of fact-checking. While these notes capture some critical discussions, it’s essential to acknowledge that the panel covered many more nuanced points and thought-provoking discussions, reflecting the complexity and urgency of the fact-checking mission. Angie Holan: … Read more
This GitHub repository corresponds to the dataset used for our research article titled Dataset for 2023 Israel–Hamas war. The repository contains fact-checked articles and social media posts about the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. The data is extracted through the AMUSED framework. The data is collected from 52 fact-checking websites in 26 languages. The sources used in this dataset (whose article count is more … Read more
Have a look the factcheckingday.com You will also see there: A new promotional video for the International Fact-Checking Day emphasizes the work of the #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance. Please feel free to share it from your social media accounts using the #FactCheckingDay hashtag New articles Six Tips To Make Science And Health Fact-checks Sexier (And Trustworthy) 7 Ways To … 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
Event coordinator sums it up here: I just wanted to share the good news with you that we had two great days during the Fact-Checking Summit Turkey 18 We had 70+ participants from 20 different countries and had a great summit! You can take a look at the breakdown of the applications and the participants. You can check out … Read more
Doğruluk Payı, Turkey’s fact-checking site, a project of Izlemedeyiz (On Watch) Association, is inviting fact-checkers, journalists, and researchers to Antalya, Turkey. Launched in 2014, Doğruluk Payı has been advocating for a data-driven political discourse in Turkey, and now is expanding its scope by organizing the first regional fact-checking summit co-organized by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). During November … Read more