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 October 21, 2024 Enock Nyariki
IFCN names winners of Meta grants to combat AI-generated misinformation on WhatsApp The initiative builds on efforts to connect people with facts and develop solutions for the global fact-checking community August 15, 2024 The International Fact-Checking Network
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 August 6, 2024 The International Fact-Checking Network
IFCN’s $12 million Global Fact Check Fund opens applications for second round of ‘GROW’ grants The deadline for GROW, funded by Google and YouTube, is Sept. 3, 2024. July 26, 2024 The International Fact-Checking Network
10 tips for effective election fact-checking ‘What does a good election look like?’ July 23, 2024 Saja H. Mortada
‘We continue this fight:’ Georgian fact-checkers won’t back down after passage of foreign agents law Controversial law leaves fact-checkers concerned about personal safety, future operations and growth of authoritarianism July 1, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
Populism is a major threat to democracy, political scientist Steven Levitsky warns An independent press is critical to sustaining democracy, says the Harvard professor June 28, 2024 Angela Fu
Fact-checkers from Turkey, India and Georgia win GlobalFact 11 awards Turkish outlet Teyit won the Highest Impact award for its work investigating Palestinian land sales to Israelis June 28, 2024 Angela Fu
Two years after an open letter to YouTube, fact-checkers remain dissatisfied with the platform’s inaction YouTube has been dogged by the same problems fact-checkers raised years ago June 28, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
10 fact-checking projects in 8 countries named finalists for IFCN’s GlobalFact impact award The International Fact-Checking Network will award the winner at the end of GlobalFact 11 June 28, 2024 Enock Nyariki
Fact-checkers urge collaboration, caution in using artificial intelligence tools ‘When dealing with this new, and yet to grow, devil of AI, we need to be together’ June 27, 2024 Angela Fu
FULL TEXT: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa empowers fact-checkers, warns of inflection point for democracy at GlobalFact 11 Philippine journalist calls tech companies "frenemies" with fact-checkers and urges them to act to stop the spread of misinformation June 27, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa tells tech companies: Now is the time to ‘do something’ Philippine journalist calls on sponsors of GlobalFact 11 fact-checking summit to protect democracy, stop spread of misinformation June 26, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
‘You are the target’: What it’s like to fact-check a war Armed conflicts not only give rise to misinformation, but they also present major logistical challenges to fact-checkers June 26, 2024 Angela Fu
International Fact-Checking Network to give inaugural Best Research award Six organizations nominated; one to be awarded at 11th annual fact-checking summit June 26, 2024 A. Dvorak
