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The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) publishes analyses of the fact-checking field’s latest developments to identify and forecast industry trends, surface common positions of fact-checkers worldwide and monitor global policy-making about fact-checking. The IFCN’s weekly newsletter, Factually, helps fact-checkers, educators, journalists and citizens find the truth with features on the latest resources, stories and training opportunities to navigate misinformation. Subscribe to get Factually in your inbox every Thursday. The IFCN’s recent articles are below.

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A panel at GlobalFact 11 on June 27, 2024, with Meta executives in Sarajevo. (IFCN file photo)

IFCN launches new Business Continuity Fund for fact-checkers facing challenges

The fund will help cover the costs fact-checkers face after violent conflicts, natural disasters or government repression
IFCN Director Angie Drobnic Holan fields questions from Indian fact-checkers in Delhi in November 2024. (Photo by Jagran New Media)

Q&A: Indian fact-checkers lead with innovation and diversity, says IFCN director after Delhi visit

The IFCN director shares takeaways from her India visit, including fact-checkers’ innovations, regional challenges and global lessons
Fact-checkers from around the world at GlobalFact 11 conference in Sarajevo on June 26, 2024. (IFCN)

The next chapter for fact-checking: information integrity

Fact-checking needs to evolve to meet new challenges
Participants at the 2024 Africa Facts conference in Accra, Ghana. (Africa Check photo)

Africa’s fact-checking community shows its growing strength in collaboration, investigations

The Africa Facts fact-checking conference drew 200 participants from around the continent
Wisconsin Watch CEO George Stanley in Milwaukee. (Poynter/Enock Nyariki)

Wisconsin Watch pushes to fill fact deserts as local news disappear

The nonprofit newsroom looks beyond temporary fact-checking campaigns during close electoral contests
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One in four: Repeated falsehoods undermine fact-checking efforts

Study finds political actors rarely repeat their own falsehoods, relying on other politicians within their parties to keep them alive
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