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
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
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
Trump et al. are misinformed about fact-checking and the Constitution Yesterday’s complaint reveals a fundamental misunderstanding about the authority to limit speech. It's putting some fact-checkers at risk. July 8, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Anti-vax claims center on the laws of attraction Fact-checks about magnets, false prophets, and air travel featured prominently in the last month of the CoronavirusFacts Alliance database July 1, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Fact-checkers use automation to maximize their impact They’re using it to detect, respond to and understand the spread of online falsehoods June 24, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Election fraud claims proliferate in Germany, Peru and Brazil Some of the claims are eerily similar to those debunked in the United States June 17, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Facebook acknowledges politicians can harm, but won’t let them be fact-checked Friday’s announcement introduced new enforcement policies for political leaders, but maintained politicians’ exemption from fact-checking June 10, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Factually: News was a potent cure for the infodemic, report says This is the June 3 edition of Factually. People who relied on news media were less susceptible to COVID-19 misinformation June 3, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Factually: Repeat misinformation offenders get their wings clipped on Facebook This is the May 27 edition of Factually. This is the first time Facebook is levying repercussions on individual users May 27, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Factually: Teen fact-checkers highlight the 5 biggest misinformation trends This is the May 20 edition of Factually. The list analyzes the past year’s work of the Teen Fact-Checking Network May 20, 2021 Alexa Volland
Factually: “Don’t negate. Displace” falsehoods about public health This is the May 13 edition of Factually: FactCheck.org’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson offers a new model of fact-checking at IFCN Talks. May 13, 2021 Harrison Mantas
