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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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IFCN awards GROW 2024 grants to 20 projects from $12M global fund

The grants are funded by Google and YouTube to support fact-checking initiatives worldwide and reduce the harm of misinformation
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Inside Brazil’s suspension of X and Elon Musk’s court battle

Brazil’s Supreme Court blocks X after Musk defies orders on representation
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The International Fact-Checking Network’s statement on threats against Ellinika Hoaxes

An elected leader’s threats to ban a fact-checking organization are unacceptable
Fact-checking leaders from India’s Misinformation Combat Alliance, a key group in the election project, at GlobalFact 11 in Sarajevo in June. (Courtesy: Project Shakti)

Q&A: How India’s Shakti project fact-checked the largest election in history at scale

With democracy at stake, competing media organizations shelved their rivalries to combat misinformation during India’s elections
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