Despite funding cuts, most fact-checking projects are still standing The Duke Reporters' Lab annual census found a modest decline in fact-checking projects, including The Washington Post's Fact Checker June 15, 2026 Erica Ryan
Here are the finalists for this year’s Global Fact-Checking Awards The International Fact-Checking Network will honor work from around the world at its annual conference, held this year in Vilnius, Lithuania June 11, 2026 Louis Jacobson
Veteran reporter Jane Lytvynenko discusses the skills reporters need for OSINT, Telegram reporting Lytvynenko will speak at this year's GlobalFact conference in Lithuania June 11, 2026 Louis Jacobson
A data lag helped fuel the false claim that Spencer Pratt got zero of 24,000 votes A brief AP data lag caused some websites to display incomplete Los Angeles mayoral results, fueling viral misinformation June 11, 2026 Caleb McCullough
How a mistaken C-SPAN label helped fuel false election fraud claims in Los Angeles As vote totals shifted in the Los Angeles mayoral race, a mislabeled video helped turn a routine counting process into a false fraud narrative June 9, 2026 Maria Briceño
Does this video show workers removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center? No, it’s AI-generated The viral clip racked up hundreds of thousands of views, but there is no real video showing workers removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center June 3, 2026 Loreben Tuquero
The Reflecting Pool is getting a makeover. So is the story behind it. The president’s push to repaint and renovate the National Mall landmark has come with changing timelines, rising costs and competing explanations June 2, 2026 Louis Jacobson
After COVID, audiences demand less panic, more practical information from Ebola coverage Audiences reject both scary stories and stories that dismiss their concerns May 21, 2026 Kelly McBride
A video of a Florida governor candidate was AI slop. People spread it anyway. The manipulated clip targeting Byron Donalds spread across X with help from politicians, activists and users who ignored warnings that it was fake May 20, 2026 Loreben Tuquero
Fact-checkers ask federal judge to block Trump policy they say chills free speech The lawsuit challenges a Trump administration policy that could deny visas or legal status to people accused of ‘censoring Americans’ May 13, 2026 Louis Jacobson
Trump’s surgeon general pick has a podcast. Here’s what she says about science, vaccines and trust The podcast host and Fox News contributor has criticized parts of the Trump administration while aligning with many MAHA priorities May 11, 2026 Madison Czopek
Opinion | Trump gutted the tools to fight disinformation. Now Iran has the advantage. Yet fact-checking is still standing after a year of challenges on every front May 6, 2026 Angie Drobnic Holan
What we know about the missing and dead scientists fueling conspiracy theories Viral posts link deaths and disappearances to UFO programs and nuclear secrets. Here’s what’s known — and what doesn’t hold up. April 30, 2026 Loreben Tuquero
Trump went quiet over Easter weekend. The internet filled in the blanks with AI, old video and rumor Posts pointing to road closures, an old video and an AI-generated image spread widely, leading to speculation about President Trump's health April 8, 2026 Maria Ramirez Uribe
Fact-checking has to go where misinformation actually spreads We need more trusted intermediaries, shareable formats, and repeated contact with communities that may never visit a fact-checking website April 2, 2026 Laura Zommer
