politics
How the Duke Reporters’ Lab used the political conventions to perfect its automated fact-checking program
The past two weeks’ political conventions provided the perfect conditions for the Tech & Check…
Singapore’s anti-misinformation law is among the most comprehensive in the world. Here’s why that’s problematic.
When Singapore passed a law that outlawed the spread of false information online last month,…
80 publishers and platforms unite to fight misinformation about Argentina’s election
Election verification projects are very in right now. Last summer, 24 newsrooms in Brazil joined…
Jair Bolsonaro is president-elect of Brazil. What’s next for fact-checkers?
Fact-checkers are rethinking how to do their jobs under Jair Bolsonaro.
Jair Bolsonaro is president-elect of Brazil. What’s next for fact-checkers?
Fact-checkers are rethinking how to do their jobs under Jair Bolsonaro.
During the midterm elections, local fact-checking was scant
There was very little work from local fact-checkers during the midterms.
A readerÂ’s guide to falsehoods about the Kavanaugh hearings
There has been a healthy dose of political falsehoods and internet hoaxes.
These fact-checkers teamed up across the Atlantic to cover a presidential debate in real time
"We know what it's like to live fact-check a debate without a transcript — not…
Is PolitiFact biased? This content analysis says no
"Our analyses were not able to detect any systematic differences in the treatment of Democrats…
U.S. presidential candidates might be less likely to repeat false claims if they’re fact-checked
Take that, post-truthers.
How to fact-check votes on abortion and gay marriage
Fact checks about social issues can be harder for readers to accept than those about…
