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
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
