Opinion | The next chapter for fact-checking: information integrity
Fact-checking needs to evolve to meet new challenges
December 5, 2024
Africa Check
What Africa Check, Chequeado and Full Fact have learned about tackling bad information
When you count yourself among the growing community of fact-checkers, you come across a new…
February 21, 2020
‘What’s Crap on WhatsApp?’ has debunked 25 hoaxes in 6 episodes. What is the challenge now?
Misinformation in WhatsApp seems like a black hole, especially in Africa, where health issues make…
January 14, 2020
Looking for reliable data in French? Meet Africa Check’s Infothèque
English-speaking journalists, researchers and citizens from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa know that, since 2016,…
September 20, 2019
Africa Check has a new director. Here’s his vision for fact-checking on the continent.
The promotion to director wasn’t a big shock for Noko Makgato of Africa Check. “It’s…
March 15, 2019
In five years, Africa Check has become a leader in global fact-checking
JOHANNESBURG — Journalists from 12 different countries and four continents gathered around a table at…
November 28, 2017
South Africa’s fact-checking site is turning to radio to break through the noise
In the United States, the recent podcast explosion has led to a renaissance for auditory…
June 7, 2016