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How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

A website and Telegram channel operated from Russia falsely claims to be a fact-checking “an information war launched against Russia.”

August 12, 2022

In Brazil, Telegram adds measures to block misleading information ahead of elections

Some journalists have speculated that Telegram would not be taking these measures without the Brazilian government’s arm-twisting

May 26, 2022

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

Fact-checkers are already fighting the spread of falsehoods from Telegram

Fact-checkers in Ukraine, Germany and India were already contending with the spread of mis- and…

January 29, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Growing usage of encrypted messaging apps could make it harder to combat misinformation

The exodus of users from Twitter and Facebook to apps like Signal and Telegram could make falsehoods harder to trace.

January 14, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Fact-checkers launch Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram stickers to gently warn about false news

Use some colorful images and GIFs to ask family and friends to check their sources and data

June 5, 2019

Cristina Tardáguila