IFCN and Facebook will award $800K to fact-checkers fighting climate misinformation Eligible applicants can receive up to $100,000 for innovative solutions to refute false claims about the environment. September 16, 2021 Poynter Staff
Registration opens today for the world’s largest fact-checking summit Global Fact 8, hosted by Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network, will take place online Oct. 20-23, 2021. August 31, 2021 Mel Grau
Lessons learned from a year covering fact-checking Fact-checkers need more staff, more resources, and help against incredible odds fighting malignant falsehoods August 19, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Reverso builds a culture of accountability ahead of Argentina’s midterm elections Chequeado has streamlined the collaboration to quickly debunk falsehoods and raise the costs of spreading disinformation August 17, 2021 Harrison Mantas
The CDC’s pregnancy guidance brings vaccine data deficits full term Its latest advisory on pregnant persons getting vaccinated emphasizes the cost-benefit analysis while it waits for more data August 12, 2021 Harrison Mantas
The Mongolian Fact Checking Center fights misinformation in a country where the word doesn’t exist A lack of terminology and a reliance on word-of-mouth information are just some of the challenges facing Mongolian fact-checkers August 10, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Twitter finally turns to the experts on fact-checking After months of trying everything else, Twitter announced a partnership with The Associated Press and Reuters to fight misinformation August 5, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Let’s review some falsehoods about masks While debating their usefulness, it’s helpful to remember some of the wilder falsehoods about their utility July 29, 2021 Harrison Mantas
The argument over content moderation is ‘missing context’ Researchers argue the debate about free speech versus online harm requires a better understanding of how social media feeds us information July 22, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Here are Twitter’s most prolific citizen fact-checkers Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking platform Birdwatch is improving. Meet the non-journalists fighting misinformation on it. July 15, 2021 Alex Mahadevan
