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IFCN launches working group to address harassment against fact-checkers

A core group of 11 representatives from the fact-checking community teams up to support IFCN in addressing the increasing volume of harassment cases.

July 13, 2021

Trump et al. are misinformed about fact-checking and the Constitution

Yesterday’s complaint reveals a fundamental misunderstanding about the authority to limit speech. It's putting some fact-checkers at risk.

July 8, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: Teen fact-checkers highlight the 5 biggest misinformation trends

This is the May 20 edition of Factually. The list analyzes the past year’s work of the Teen Fact-Checking Network

May 20, 2021

Factually: “Don’t negate. Displace” falsehoods about public health

This is the May 13 edition of Factually: FactCheck.org’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson offers a new model of fact-checking at IFCN Talks.

May 13, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: International falsehoods deserve international attention

This is the Apr. 1, 2021 edition of Factually.

April 1, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Why doesn’t Belgium show up on the fact-checking world map?

When Facebook shows a map of countries in which its fact-checking program is active, Belgium…

September 18, 2019

Cristina Tardáguila

A fact-checker predicted which hoax would resurface — and beat it by an hour

Maarten Schenk has studied fake news and hoaxes so exactingly that he managed to predict…

September 12, 2019

Daniela Flamini