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…
‘Safety in numbers’: Philippine fact-checkers team up to debunk election misinformation
On a Monday, Maria Ressa celebrated the launch of a new collaborative fact-checking project. Two…
Jair Bolsonaro is president-elect of Brazil. What’s next for fact-checkers?
Cristina Tardáguila couldn’t wait for Friday. She’d spent the past year working around the clock…
Jair Bolsonaro is president-elect of Brazil. What’s next for fact-checkers?
Cristina Tardáguila couldn’t wait for Friday. She’d spent the past year working around the clock…
During the midterm elections, local fact-checking was scant
In the lead up to the midterms in the United States, plenty of fact-checkers covered…
A readerÂ’s guide to falsehoods about the Kavanaugh hearings
Thursday was a lot of things to a lot of people. It was a job…
These fact-checkers teamed up across the Atlantic to cover a presidential debate in real time
Aos Fatos has a friend in Full Fact. The Brazilian fact-checking project used technology from…
Is PolitiFact biased? This content analysis says no
It’s a critique that PolitiFact has long been accustomed to hearing. “PolitiFact is engaging in…
U.S. presidential candidates might be less likely to repeat false claims if they’re fact-checked
Fact-checking might help politicians determine which claims to drop from speeches. That’s according to a…
How to fact-check votes on abortion and gay marriage
Susan Daly was used to fact-checking politicians. As editor of TheJournal.ie for more than seven…
