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
IFCN launches working group to address harassment against fact-checkers A core group of 11 representatives from the fact-checking community teams up to support IFCN in addressing the increasing volume of harassment cases. July 13, 2021 Baybars Örsek
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
Nigeria banned Twitter one month ago. Here’s how it’s impacting fact-checkers Dubawa says engagement on Twitter has slowed, but other platforms have picked up the slack July 7, 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
‘We need more troops’ — automated fact-checking needs more volume to succeed At the latest IFCN Talk, the team from the Duke Reporters’ Lab shared lessons from their automated fact-checking program, Squash June 23, 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
The lessons of Squash, Duke’s automated fact-checking platform The project brought the world one step closer to live automated fact-checking, but it still has a ways to go June 16, 2021 Bill Adair
‘There will always be claims of cheating’ in elections, but fact-checkers can work together to fight back Speaking at Tuesday’s IFCN Talk, fact-checkers from Brazil, the Philippines and Ghana shared their collaborative efforts to help fact-check elections June 15, 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
WhatsApp can be a black box of misinformation, but Maldita may have opened a window Its chatbot allows fact-checkers to organize audience-submitted claims into a searchable database June 9, 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
