ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 2, 2025) — The world’s fact-checkers will convene in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Fundação Getulio Vargas for the 12th annual GlobalFact summit from June 25 to 27. Registration for the public opens is now open, with tickets on sale at globalfact12.com.
Presented by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter, GlobalFact is the world’s largest and most impactful summit for professional fact-checking. Every year, fact-checkers come together to address industry-wide challenges, exchange best practices and build collaborative solutions to improve our shared information ecosystem.
This year, fact-checkers will discuss the latest developments in their field and implications for trust and accuracy in 2025 and beyond. Topics include tech platform policies, international regulations and information integrity’s role in democracy. The Brazilian conference setting highlights the importance of local contexts and provides regional perspectives on how online environments contribute to public information and knowledge.
Each day of the summit features keynote presentations, interactive learning sessions and networking events to help fact-checkers build business operations, audiences and impact. Discussions are centered on universal challenges fact-checkers face today, such as upholding information integrity with artificial intelligence and tracking online disinformation campaigns.
Numerous industry-leading projects and fact-checking advancements have originated through past GlobalFacts, including International Fact-Checking Day, the IFCN’s Code of Principles and partnerships with major tech companies.
Since 2014, more than 4,000 people have attended GlobalFact in cities around the world including London, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Rome, Cape Town, Oslo, Seoul and Sarajevo. Those who cannot physically attend the 2025 conference in Rio de Janeiro will be invited to sign up for live and on-demand online viewing of select main stage sessions.
The virtual experience will be facilitated by the widely regarded Fundação Getulio Vargas, or FGV, one of Brazil’s most eminent institutions of higher learning and thought.
The 2025 conference will be organized in collaboration with Brazilian fact-checking organizations Aos Fatos, known for producing technology-driven tools and award-winning investigations for battling disinformation; Estadão Verifica, whose team debunks suspicious content that goes viral on social media and WhatsApp; Lupa, an award-winning site that led innovative fact-checking of the coronavirus pandemic and strategies for media literacy; and UOL Confere, the fact-checking and verification arm of Brazil’s biggest content, technology and digital services company.
“Brazil’s fact-checkers continue to do innovative, important work in one of the world’s largest economies,” said IFCN director Angie Drobnic Holan. “Fact-checking in Latin America is growing rapidly, and we look forward to inviting fact-checkers worldwide to Rio de Janeiro, with its forested mountains and stunning beaches. At a time when fact-checkers have faced unfair attacks for their nonpartisan efforts, we look forward to supporting each other as we continue to work for accurate, reliable information — the information people need to make decisions about their everyday lives and interactions with friends and family.”
“In a polarized world where misinformation thrives, Brazilian fact-checkers eagerly anticipate the arrival of GlobalFact in 2025 on our shores. In a country often targeted by the waves of mis- and disinformation, we stand at the forefront of this battle, armed not only with determination but with innovation,” said Natália Leal, CEO at Lupa, representing all Brazilian fact-checkers. “The increasing number of fact-checking initiatives in Brazil serves as a testament to our resilience, and having GlobalFact here will be a celebration, but also a new commitment with forging new paths and solutions to tackle the misinformation.”
The International Fact-Checking Network continues to seek sponsors and other financial support for the conference. Contact globalfact@ifcn.org for details.
Tickets for GlobalFact 12 for the public are available now at www.globalfact12.com.
Media Contact:
Angie Drobnic Holan
Director, International Fact-Checking Network
aholan@poynter.org
+1-727-410-1770
About the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter was launched in 2015 to bring together the growing community of fact-checkers around the world and advocates of factual information in the global fight against misinformation.
We enable fact-checkers through networking, capacity building and collaboration. The IFCN promotes the excellence of fact-checking to the verified signatories to the IFCN Code of Principles — more than 140 organizations from 65 countries covering over 80 languages — through advocacy, training and global events.
Our team monitors trends in the fact-checking field to offer resources to fact-checkers, contribute to public discourse and provide support for new projects and initiatives that advance accountability in journalism. In 2021, the IFCN was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Learn more at poynter.org/ifcn.
About The Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute is a global nonprofit working to address society’s most pressing issues by teaching journalists and journalism, covering the media and the complexities facing the industry, convening and community building, improving the capacity and sustainability of news organizations and fostering trust and reliability of information. The Institute is a gold standard in journalistic excellence and dedicated to the preservation and advancement of press freedom in democracies worldwide. Through Poynter, journalists, newsrooms, businesses, big tech corporations and citizens convene to find solutions that promote trust and transparency in news and stoke meaningful public discourse. The world’s top journalists and emerging media leaders rely on the Institute to learn new skills, adopt best practices, better serve audiences, scale operations and improve the quality of the universally shared information ecosystem.
The Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), MediaWise and PolitiFact are all members of the Poynter organization.
Support for Poynter and our entities upholds the integrity of the free press and the U.S. First Amendment and builds public confidence in journalism and media — an essential for healthy democracies. Learn more at poynter.org.
About Aos Fatos
Aos Fatos is a tech-driven, award-winning Brazilian journalistic organization that exposes the lies of politicians, the disinformation campaigns of the powerful and the influence of technology companies. Through innovative strategies and AI tools to combat disinformation, its multi-disciplinary team has gained worldwide recognition throughout its eight years of history fact-checking and investigating Brazilian authorities and public policies. Aos Fatos is, among many other international recognitions, a Gabriel García Márquez Award winner, and a Sigma and a Online Journalism Award finalist.
About Estadão Verifica
Estadão Verifica is the fact-checking team of O Estado de São Paulo, one of the largest newspapers in Brazil. Since 2018 the team has fought misinformation in social media, prioritizing content that can cause harm to groups or individuals, and to democracy. Estadão Verifica is part of Comprova, a collaborative, nonprofit initiative that brings together journalists from 41 Brazilian media outlets to investigate and verify falsehoods about public policies, health and election campaigns.
About Lupa
Lupa is a Brazilian hub of solutions to tackle misinformation using fact-checking and media literacy. It plays a crucial role in the Brazilian media landscape by providing citizens with reliable information and holding public figures accountable for their statements. In addition, Lupa is involved in educational initiatives to promote media literacy and critical thinking skills among the public. It was recognized as the best trust initiative in the Americas in 2023 and won almost 10 data journalism awards with “No epicentro,” a digital application launched in 2020 to bring awareness about the coronavirus pandemic. Lupa was founded in 2015, is based in Rio de Janeiro and counts more than 30 collaborators all over the country.
About UOL Confere
UOL Confere is the fact-checking and verification arm of UOL, one of the largest news and content portals in Brazil. Since 2017, it has focused on checks regarding politics, economics and public health. Their coverage addresses topics of social importance and reach, usually information that has gone viral or that impacts social life in Brazil.
Comments