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U.S. fact-checkers gear up for 2020 campaign with 50 active platforms
With the U.S. election now less than a year away, at least four dozen American…
December 6, 2019
Be aware! Politicians are now trying to fool voters by behaving like ‘fact-checkers’
The fight against misinformation has reached a new level of absurdity during the British Prime-Minister…
December 5, 2019
Macedonia has a plan to quit being known as ‘fake news land’
Macedonia, a small nation in the heart of the Balkans, no longer wants to be…
November 4, 2019
You would never guess who’s accusing the mainstream media of producing ‘fake news’
Guess which politician said the following quote: "Fake news continues to be a major creeping…
October 18, 2019
Fact-checking another national campaign only six months later: Maldita.es in election mode
Deja vu is one way of putting it. Spain is holding national elections Nov. 10,…
October 9, 2019
In Argentina, fact-checkers supported a ‘deepfake’
Fact-checkers in Argentina are in their Aikido moment. Aikido is an ancient Japanese martial art…
October 8, 2019
Canadian fact-checkers are pleasantly surprised by the small amount of false electoral content
Canadians will elect a new Parliament in two weeks. The incumbent Liberals, led by Prime…
October 7, 2019
A first look at the OAS’s recommendations for best practices against electoral misinformation, Part 2
The Organization of American States (OAS) has studied the phenomenon of misinformation during election cycles…
July 24, 2019
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