Meta won’t comment on its plans to abandon CrowdTangle Concerns are growing over the loss of the unparalleled tool for analyzing trends, tracking article sources and understanding virality on Facebook. August 18, 2022 Seth Smalley
Kenya’s presidential election a hotbed of false information ahead of and during voting Officials on both sides were claiming victory long before the count was finished, preemptively priming their bases to challenge results. August 17, 2022 Seth Smalley
Factually: In Georgia, fact-checkers have become targets of the ruling party A ruling-party Facebook page targets independent media outlets, civil society organizations and local fact-checkers August 4, 2022 Seth Smalley
Meta Oversight Board to rule on COVID-19 misinformation policy Options include continuing to remove infractions, sending them to fact-checkers to judge and labeling content with links to factual information. July 29, 2022 Seth Smalley
Sri Lanka’s protests faced an information war Rajapaksa's resignation followed public criticism, mass protests and an information war in which state media cast doubt on their legitimacy. July 21, 2022 Seth Smalley
Is the future of fact-checking automated? Fact-checkers in London have developed a verification tool to live fact-check false claims with a goal of global implementation. July 14, 2022 Seth Smalley
Fact checker detained in India for allegedly inflaming religious strife Alt News journalist Mohammed Zubair is facing the wrath of Indian authorities. July 7, 2022 Seth Smalley
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
5 takeaways from Thursday’s GlobalFact sessions The Jan. 6 hearings are one big fact check, the difference between knowledge and information, and more of the conference's most compelling moments. June 23, 2022 Seth Smalley
GlobalFact 9 launches in Norway with a big question: How does fact-checking help? As thousands of studies emerge on misinformation, disinformation and fact-checking, many academics and fact-checkers are asking one question. June 22, 2022 Seth Smalley
GlobalFact 9 headliners, a closer look This award-winning lineup — including Anne Applebaum, Joan Donovan, Jane Lytvynenko and more — will convene in Oslo in just two days. June 20, 2022 Seth Smalley
Turkish ‘disinformation law’ will make it a crime to spread ‘fake news’ Fact-checkers and journalists in the country fear and expect the highly punitive and ambiguously worded bill will clear parliament. June 9, 2022 Seth Smalley
False information ramps up ahead of Colombia’s presidential runoff Colombian fact-checkers have likened the information war in the country to a schoolyard food fight June 2, 2022 Seth Smalley
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 Seth Smalley
Lebanese fact-checkers feel tempered hope after Hezbollah loses majority in parliament While journalists are hopeful the new additions will lead to positive changes in governance and media, there are no guarantees. May 23, 2022 Seth Smalley
