ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (May 29, 2025) – The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the nonprofit Poynter Institute has awarded grants to 23 fact-checking organizations across 20 countries through ...

Fact-checkers are facing severe challenges and political pressure while doing their "honorable" and "patriotic" work, one director warned. On Wednesday, International Fact-Checking Network Director ...

Accra, Ghana — The violent dispute in northern Ghana was intensely local. As the report described it, it was a “sporadic ethnic conflict between the Kusasis and Mamprusis over rights to the Bawku ...

The International Fact-Checking Network is deeply concerned by reports that the U.S. State Department has instructed consular officers to deny visas to individuals who have worked in fact-checking, ...

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There will be "real-world harm" if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram beyond the United States, the International Fact-Checking Network said Thursday. The ...

The ten fact-checking organizations will continue to receive payments until August, and those who haven’t signed 2025 contracts could get severance, Business Insider reports. Meta told members of the ...

Meta’s fact-checking partners claim they were “blindsided” by the company’s decision to abandon third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in favor of a Community Notes model, and ...

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