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Fact-checkers from Nigeria, Indonesia and Brazil win GlobalFact 10 awards

Diligent investigations, creative approaches and collaborative efforts: inside the stories behind the awards

August 24, 2023

Banning Donald Trump and meeting Elon Musk: Former Twitter safety chief gives inside account

Yoel Roth explains how moderation rules evolved at Twitter, the fight against harassment and why he no longer drives a Tesla

June 30, 2023

Why Community Notes mostly fails to combat misinformation

An attempt to solve ‘the problem of biased fact-checkers’ has left most Notes unseen by public, fact-checking conference is told

June 30, 2023

Jessikka Aro, international fact-checkers discuss combatting Russian disinformation campaigns at GlobalFact 10

‘They are building a bigger and bigger community who just hate us’ Aro tells journalists, urging vigorous work to expose trolls

June 29, 2023

Fact-checkers’ bus tour taught older people in Spain useful internet tips. Here’s what they learned

How Maldita’s BuloBús helped residents battle scams and hoaxes despite threats

June 28, 2023

As GlobalFact10 brings international fact-checkers together, meet some of the new IFCN signatories

Organizations in South Sudan, Ukraine, Nepal and other countries join the growing community this year

June 28, 2023

Angie Drobnic Holan named to lead the International Fact-Checking Network

PolitiFact editor and pioneer of fact-checking movement to take on director’s role; Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy named deputy director

June 22, 2023

Experts in fact-checking to share key insights at upcoming GlobalFact 10 conference

Keynote addresses in Seoul, South Korea, feature an investigative journalist, misinformation scholar and social media leader

June 12, 2023

Opinion | Global fact-checkers have diverse backgrounds, but their pursuit of facts is universal

Fact-checkers around the world struggle with unique challenges, but they share the basic principles of impartiality and transparency.

April 4, 2023

Award-winning journalists, researchers and Birds Aren’t Real founder to headline the world’s largest fact-checking summit

GlobalFact 9, hosted by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter, will take place in Oslo, Norway, June 22-25, 2022.

April 20, 2022

World’s largest forum of fact-checkers heads to Oslo

The ninth annual edition of the Global Fact conference will take place this Summer in Norway

April 12, 2022

IFCN Talks #1: ‘Fact-checkers shouldn’t be shields for social media platforms,’ researchers say

The first-of-its-kind panel covered issues around social media deplatforming and what role fact-checking can play.

February 8, 2021

Harrison Mantas

IFCN Talks: ‘The Great Deplatforming’ took place almost 1 month ago. What now?

The IFCN launches its new monthly online conversation series talking to researchers about the impact of shutting down prominent social media accounts

February 3, 2021

Harrison Mantas

The largest gathering of fact-checkers is coming to you

This year’s Global Fact conference will be the largest worldwide gathering of fact-checkers. More than…

June 3, 2020

Harrison Mantas

Apply now for the Seventh Global Fact-Checking Summit in Oslo in June 2020

For the seventh year running, the Global Fact-Checking Summit (Global Fact) will bring together fact-checkers,…

November 1, 2019

Cristina Tardáguila

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