A new fact sheet from the Reuters Institute takes stock of automated fact-checking around the world — and the future looks bright.

Released today, the report draws upon interviews with fact-checkers and computer scientists, as well as an overview of existing technology, to detail how automated fact-checking could change the practice in the immediate future.

Editor’s note: Much of the global conversation around “fake news” has centered around the United States. Yet increasingly it seems that actions in the European Union may have a more lasting effect on the misinformation ecosystem. For that reason, every fortnight starting today, we will be summarizing press coverage on the topic from or about the EU. To give Poynter readers perspectives they may not have encountered yet, we’ll be prioritizing articles written in languages other than English.

The politics of fake news

A new report from the Duke Reporters’ Lab offers a snapshot of the evolving fact-checking ecosystem around the world.

First, it was imposter tweets. Now, someone is making fake screenshots of a Miami Herald story about school threats following last week’s mass shooting.

Monique O. Madan first noticed them on Monday. One parent reached out asking if W.R. Thomas Middle School in Miami-Dade County was actually under threat, which she saw in a story bearing Madan’s byline.

Thinking it was an isolated incident, she said no and moved on.

The Week in Fact-Checking is a newsletter about fact-checking and accountability journalism, from Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute's Accountability Project

On social media, fake memes are everywhere. And on Facebook, they’re not being met with the full force of the tools available for other dubious content.

Nevada became the 36th U.S. state under Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. Now, one fact-checker is using him to measure truth.

With Indy Fact Check, a project of the nonprofit Nevada Independent, Riley Snyder is the only dedicated political fact-checker in Nevada. His ratings bear the likeness of Lincoln, ranging from “Honest as Abe” to “All hat, no Abe,” and take a page from PolitiFact (a Poynter-owned project).

It wasn’t long after news broke of a mass shooting at a South Florida high school when the hoaxes started.

It all started with a billboard.

Journalists at TheJournal.ie Fact Check saw an anti-abortion banner claiming that 90 percent of babies with Down syndrome in the United Kingdom are aborted. The statistic in the billboard is accompanied by the photo of a child with the condition. So they looked at the numbers and published an in-depth fact sheet.

The Week in Fact-Checking is a newsletter about fact-checking and accountability journalism, from Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute's Accountability Project