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Univision Noticias’ Spanish-language fact-checking effort, elDetector, will expand its reach by joining Meta’s third-party fact-checking program

Univision Noticias’ fact-checking program elDetector is the first fact-checking platform in Spanish in the United States. The platform will join Meta’s International Fact-Checking Network.

The site's founding editor shares some of what he has learned over the years about facts and fact-checking

Concerns are growing over the loss of the unparalleled tool for analyzing trends, tracking article sources and understanding virality on Facebook.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Aug. 15, 2022) – The Poynter Institute, a global nonprofit dedicated to journalistic excellence and headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, has announced a new partnership that will bring journalism’s critical role in democracy to the largest performing arts center in the Southeast. 

"In an era when misinformation is spreading like fire, verifying information, and hence the work of fact-checking organizations, have become increasingly important." This booklet, published by the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS), analyses the nature of fact-checking organisations, as well as the impact of their work on society.

Since 2018, the FRANCE 24 Observers team has been sharing tips for helping you to verify images that circulate online yourself. In this guide, we’ll explain how to avoid falling into online traps – whether…

The speaker series will stoke civil, thoughtful expression and promote a deeper understanding of democracy and the issues of the day.

Younger generations feel slightly more confident than others with their skills to detect it, according to a new global study.

Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S.