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Opinion | Fact-checkers make smart use of innovative grant fund

Grants might not be exciting, but Global Fact Check Fund is a major boost for some groups

December 1, 2023

$12 million Global Fact Check Fund opens applications for third phase of grants

ENGAGE is third round of the partnership between the International Fact-Checking Network and Google and YouTube to support fact-checking

December 1, 2023

The International Fact-Checking Network

International Fact-Checking Network awards $1 million to 20 groups to expand fact-checking operations

The grants are funded by Google and YouTube to help organizations fight misinformation around the world

November 13, 2023

The International Fact-Checking Network

How a YouTube channel about farming transitioned to misinformation about doomsday prepping

Patrick Humphrey’s channel has rapidly increased its audience by publishing false or misleading videos that stoke fear of wide-scale disaster.

September 6, 2023

Madison Czopek

How Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube plan to address 2024 election misinformation

Tech giants have struggled to balance curtailing misinformation with protecting users’ political speech.

July 7, 2023

Sevana Wenn

Global Fact Check Fund awards first grants to 35 organizations serving 45 countries

International Fact-Checking Network announces initial round of funding supported by $13.2 million Google/YouTube grant

June 29, 2023

Jennifer Orsi

$12 million Global Fact Check Fund opens applications for first grants

Partnership between Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network and Google and YouTube will support fact-checking initiatives worldwide

April 14, 2023

The International Fact-Checking Network

YouTube takes flak on the third day of GlobalFact

The tech giant has been under particular scrutiny since the international fact-checking community sent a critical open letter to its CEO in January

June 24, 2022

Seth Smalley

Over 80 fact-checking organizations sign letter urging YouTube to address misinformation on its platform

‘YouTube is allowing its platform to be weaponized by unscrupulous actors to manipulate and exploit others, and to organize and fundraise themselves’

January 12, 2022

Angela Fu

An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact-checkers

YouTube is allowing its platform to be weaponized by unscrupulous actors to manipulate and exploit others, and to organize and fundraise themselves.

January 12, 2022

The International Fact-Checking Network

Opinion | Journalists are creators now, and that’s a good thing

Journalism’s hostility is understandable, but our denial is not.

February 8, 2021

Yvonne Leow

International Fact-Checking Network is receiving $1 million from YouTube to support fact-checkers

The Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) will receive $1 million in funding from YouTube…

April 28, 2020

The International Fact-Checking Network

YouTube is now surfacing fact checks in search. Here’s how it works.

YouTube has come under fire over the past few weeks for enabling the spread of…

March 8, 2019

Daniel Funke

Wikipedia vandalism could thwart hoax-busting on Google, YouTube and Facebook

For a brief moment, the California Republican Party supported Nazism. At least, that’s what Google…

June 18, 2018

Daniel Funke

The AP uploaded a lot of history to YouTube

The Associated Press The Associated Press announced Wednesday that it's "bringing more than 1 million…

July 22, 2015

Kristen Hare

Opinion | Fact-checkers make smart use of innovative grant fund

Opinion | Journalists are creators now, and that’s a good thing

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