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fact-checking Fact-checking is the process of verifying factual information, in order to promote the veracity and correctness of reporting. Fact-checking can be conducted before (''ante hoc'') or after (''post hoc'') the text is published or otherwise dissem ...
services about both political and non-political subjects. The Reporters' Lab at
Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
maintains a database of fact-checking organizations that is managed by Mark Stencel and Bill Adair. The database tracks more than 100 non-partisan organizations around the world. The Lab's inclusion criteria are based on whether the organization


By region


Africa

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Africa Check Africa Check is a non-profit fact checking organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. The organisation's goal is to raise the quality of information available to society across the continent. Africa ...
: Africa's first independent fact-checking organization with offices in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and the UK checking claims made by public figures and the media in Africa. * News Verifier Africa: one-stop fact-checking and news verification platform for Africans. The non-profit platform seeks to improve public access to accurate information by simplifying fact-checking and creating varied appealing formats for fact checked news, data and viral images.
FactCheckHub
This is the verification platform of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting he ICIR aimed at combating misinformation in the society. It is an independent, non-partisan platform for factchecking with the primary aim of combating misinformation, disinformation, hoaxes and rumours about topical issues including the covid-19 pandemic, elections, economy, health, security and governance etc. It is also a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles.


Asia-Pacific


Australia

International Fact-Checking Network verified signatories: * RMIT ABC Fact Check: launched in June 2016, jointly funded by
RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city ...
and the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned ...
.
AAP FactCheck
Part of non-profit national news agency
Australian Associated Press Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency. It was established by Keith Murdoch in 1935. AAP employs around 80 journalists who work in bureaus in all states and territories of Australia except the Northern Territory. It al ...
; launched in 2019. Others: * Hoax Slayer. Defunct since 2021.


Bangladesh

* FactWatch: IFCN certified independent fact-checking entity affiliated to the
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh ( bn, লিবারেল আর্টস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বাংলাদেশ) (ULAB) is a private liberal arts-based University in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in ...
.
Rumor Scanner
IFCN certified independent fact-checking initiative.


Hong Kong

* Factcheck Lab: member of International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).


India

International Fact-Checking Network verified signatories: * Dfrac.org *Boomlive.in *''
The Quint ''The Quint'' is an English and Hindi language Indian general news and opinion website founded by Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur after their exit from Network18. The publication's journalists have won three Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Aw ...
'' *Factcrescendo.com *Youturn.in in Tamil language. *''
India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new onl ...
'': Fact Check is part of TV Today Network Ltd. *Factly.in * thip.media: the media arm of The Healthy Indian Project. It was certified by
Health On the Net Foundation Health On the Net Foundation (HON) is a Geneva, Switzerland-based not-for-profit organization which promotes a code of conduct for websites providing health information and offers certificates to those in compliance. In September 2022, Health On ...
until June 2021. Others: *
Alt News Alt News is an Indian non-profit fact checking website founded and run by former software engineer Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair. It was launched on 9 February 2017 to combat fake news. In October 2022 Harsh Mander (author, activist and di ...
* Vishvasnews.com * Newsmobile.in * Newschecker.in


Japan

* GoHoo: Launched by a nonprofit association Watchdog for Accuracy in News-reporting, Japan (WANJ or 一般社団法人 日本報道検証機構) on November 16, 2014. Crowd-funded approx. 1.6 million yen through Ready For. Awarded Social Business Grand Prize 2012 Summer. * Japan Center of Education for Journalists (JCEJ): Fosters journalists and fact-checkers by referring to a ''Journalist's Guide to Social Sources'' published by
First Draft News First Draft News is a project "to fight mis- and disinformation online" founded in 2015 by nine organizations brought together by the Google News Lab. It includes Facebook, Twitter, the Open Society Foundations and several philanthropic organizat ...
, a project of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center. JCEJ itself also debunks falsehoods.


Pakistan

* Soch Fact Check


Singapore

* Black Dot Research


Sri Lanka

* Citizen Fact Check: the first fact-checking agency to be launched by a local media organization in Sri Lanka. It is run by the Citizen Media Network.
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Taiwan

* MyGoPen: member of International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).


Europe


Austria

* Mimikama.at


Bulgaria


Factcheck.bg
Bulgarian fact-checking website, a project by the Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria).
AFP Провери
Bulgarian fact-checking website by Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the Bulgarian journalist Rosen Bosev. "AFP Провери" is a Facebook partner verifying the Bulgarian content on the social media.


Croatia

* Faktograf.hr: Croatian fact-checking website set up by the
Croatian Journalists' Association The Croatian Journalists' Association ( hr, Hrvatsko novinarsko društvo or HND) is a Croatian association based in Zagreb aimed at promoting freedom of the press and free speech in journalism. The association was founded in December 1910 and ha ...
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Czech Republic

*: Czech fact-checking website operated by a politically independent
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, launched in 2016. Denmark
TjekDet.dk
Danish fact-checking media focusing on claims affecting the public democratic debate in Denmark. The site was launched in 2016. It is owned by a non-profit independent organization.


Finland

* Faktabaari: Finnish awarded and politically independent fact-checking website, launched in 2014.


France

* Les Décodeurs: French fact-checking blog run by ''
Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
''. *Factuel: French fact-checking blog run by the
Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. AFP has regional headquarters in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C ...
. *CaptainFact: French collaborative fact-checking platform. *
Science Feedback Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
,
Climate Feedback Climate Feedback (CF) is a web-based content annotation tool that allows qualified scientists to comment on stories online, adding context and noting inaccuracies. It is one of three websites under the Science Feedback parent organization that ...
, and Health Feedback: family of websites dedicated to fact-checking media coverage of science, climate change, and health, respectively.


Germany

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Correctiv The CORRECTIV (or CORRECT!V) is a German nonprofit investigative journalism newsroom whose stated goal is "to give citizens access to information." With about 20 staff members, CORRECT!V is the only nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative center ...
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (dpa) is a German news agency founded in 1949. Based in Hamburg, it has grown to be a major worldwide operation serving print media, radio, television, online, mobile phones, and national news agencies. News is avai ...
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Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...
. DW Fact Check in English was launched in 2020. * Tagesschau * Volksverpetzer: German fact checkers that research and expose fake news.


Georgia

* FactCheck Georgia: project of the Tbilisi-based think-tank Georgia's Reforms Associates (GRASS), launched in 2013.


Greece

* Ellinikahoaxes.gr: Greek fact-checking website launched in 2013. Debunks hoaxes, urban legends, fake news, internet scams and other stories of questionable origin. * Factchecker.gr: independent Greek fact-checking website launched in February 2017 specializing in pseudoscience and medical frauds.


Italy

* Bufale.net: National public service for citizens against fakenews * Pagella Politica: Italian fact-checking website. * Butac.it: Fact-checking website created in 2013 * Facta.news


Lithuania

* Demaskuok.lt and Debunk.eu: launched by
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and other Lithuanian online media.


Norway

* Faktisk.no: fact-checking site focusing on public debate in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. Set up by rival Norwegian media outlets and a part of IFCN.


Poland

*Demagog: the first fact-checking website in Poland, dedicated to fact check political statements. Member of International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter Institute. *Pravda.org.pl: Polish fact-checking association. Member of International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter Institute.


Portugal

*Observador: newspaper with a fact-checking section called Fact Check. First Portuguese member of International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter Institute. *Polígrafo: online fact-checking website. Also featured on a
SIC The Latin adverb ''sic'' (; "thus", "just as"; in full: , "thus was it written") inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any e ...
news programme.


Romania

*Factual.ro: launched by the Funky Citizens organization.


Spain

* Comprobado (hosted by Maldita.es). *Miniver.org: the first fact-checking web in Spain, launched in 2017, with the purpose of debunking fake news. Accredited by Google as fact-checking organization. * Newtral: Spanish fact-checking organization founded by journalist Ana Pastor from
LaSexta La Sexta (; "The Sixth"; stylized as laSexta) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel. It is privately owned and was originally founded on 18 March 2001 as Beca TV that began broadcasting on 1 April 2001, that same year. By 21 July 2003, the ...
. Currently the official news verifier for
Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...
Spain. * Maldita.es: independent Spanish fact-checking organization.


Sweden

* Källkritikbyrån * Fakta i frågan


Ukraine

* VoxCheck: unveiled by VoxUkraine, an online economics and policy project, in 2015. * FactCheck Ukraine: launched by the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Team of Reformers in 2016. * StopFake: launched by the Kyiv Mohyla Journalism School in 2014.


United Kingdom

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Reality Check *
Full Fact Full Fact is a British charity, based in London, which checks and corrects facts reported in the news as well as claims which circulate on social media. History and structure Full Fact was founded in 2009 by businessman Michael Samuel, the c ...
: independent fact-checking organization based in the UK which aims to "promote accuracy in public debate", launched in 2009. * FactCheckNI: the first independent dedicated fact-checking service for Northern Ireland, launched in 2016, checking claims as well as offering training in critical thinking, tools and techniques any member of the public can use. * The FactCheck blog: fact-checking blog run by the
Channel 4 News ''Channel 4 News'' is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982. Current productions ''Channel 4 News'' ''Channel 4 News'' ...
organization in the UK. *
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Fact Service: Scotland's first fact-checker launched in April 2017 after a grant from the Google Digital News Initiative. * Whisp: innovative fact checking app, combining speed and accuracy


Latin America


Argentina

* Chequeado.com *Reverso


Bolivia

* Bolivia Verifica *Chequea Bolivia


Brazil

IFCN verified signatories: * Agência Lupa * Aosfatos.org * UOL Confere Others: *
Agência Pública Agência Pública is a Brazilian investigative and independent journalism agency. It was founded in 2011 by the reporters Marina Amaral, Natália Viana and Tatiana Merlino. It is currently run by Marina Amaral and Natália Viana. Agência Públic ...
- Truco no Congresso * Boatos.org * Comprova * E-farsas * É isso Mesmo? (from
O Globo ''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. Founded by journalist Irineu Marinho, owner of ''A Noite'', it was orig ...
) * Portal EBC's Hoax reports


Chile

* ChileCheck *Del dicho al hecho *El Polígrafo (from
El Mercurio ''El Mercurio'' (known online as ''El Mercurio On-Line'', ''EMOL'') is a Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's newspaper of record and it is considered the oldest daily in t ...
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Colombia

* Colombia Check *Detector de Mentiras


Guatemala

* Con Pruebas


Mexico

* Checa Datos *El Sabueso *Verificado


Peru

* Ama Llulla * OjoBiónico


Uruguay

* UYcheck


Venezuela

* Cotejo *
Efecto Cocuyo Efecto Cocuyo ( en, Firefly Effect) is a Venezuelan journalism outlet devoted to independent media. The website was co-founded in January 2015 by Laura Weffer, former director of Venezuelan newspaper ''Diario 2001'', Luz Mely Reyes, and Josefina ...
*Verifikado


Middle East


Iran

* Gomaneh: online
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magazine devoted to the investigation of rumors and hearsay. * Factnameh: online Persian magazine launched in 2017 by the ASL19 organization. It mostly focuses on fact-checking quotes from Iranian governmental figures or rumours spread on social media.


Jordan

* Fatabyyano: independent fact-checking platform, which is considered the leading fact-checking platform in the MENA region. Fatabyyano is the first and only Arabian platform certified by the IFCN. The platform has several million followers, and had received an award from the Harvard Arab Alumni Association in 2016, as well as from
Queen Rania of Jordan Rania Al-Abdullah ( ar, رانيا العبد الله, ; born Rania Al-Yassin, 31 August 1970) is Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II. Rania was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. She received her bachelor's degree in busi ...
.


Turkey

* Teyit: independent fact-checking organization based in Turkey and a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network’s Code of Principles and is one of the partners of First Draft News. *Doğruluk Payı: independent fact-checking organization that focuses on verifying the factual accuracy of statements by Turkish politicians. *Malumat Furuş: independent organization fact-checking articles published on printed and online media


North America


Canada

* FactsCan * Décrypteurs: focuses on the spread of false information on social media. * Rumor Detector by Agence Science-Presse


United States

* AFP Fact Check from
Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. AFP has regional headquarters in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C ...
: originally launched in France in 2017, now global and available in multiple languages. ICFN signatory. Facebook partner. *
FactCheck.org FactCheck.org is a nonprofit website that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in Politics of the United States, U.S. politics by providing original research on misinformation and hoaxes. It is a project of the Annenberg Public Po ...
and FactCheckEd.org: self-described "advocates for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics," and serving as an educational resource for high school teachers and students, respectively (the latter founded 2005). They are projects of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
, and are funded primarily by the
Annenberg Foundation The Annenberg Foundation is a family foundation that provides funding and support to non-profit organizations in the United States and around the world. Some of the Foundation's core initiatives are the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcast ...
. *
Fact Checker Fact-checking is the process of verifying factual information, in order to promote the veracity and correctness of reporting. Fact-checking can be conducted before (''ante hoc'') or after (''post hoc'') the text is published or otherwise dissem ...
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The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...
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The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...
'', known for grading politicians on the factual accuracy of their statements with zero to four "Pinocchios." Created September 2007 by ''Post'' diplomatic writer
Michael Dobbs Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and author, best known for his ''House of Cards'' trilogy. Early life and education Michael Dobbs was born on 14 November 1948 in Cheshunt, Hertfordsh ...
specifically for the 2008 presidential election. Ceased operation November 4, 2008, but relaunched with a broader focus in January 2011, led by veteran ''Post'' diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler. * Lead Stories: fact checks posts that Facebook flags but also use its own technology, called "Trendolizer," to detect trending hoaxes from hundreds of known fake news sites, satirical websites and prank generators. *
PolitiFact PolitiFact.com is an American nonprofit project operated by the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, with offices there and in Washington, D.C. It began in 2007 as a project of the ''Tampa Bay Times'' (then the ''St. Petersburg Times'' ...
: service of the ''
Tampa Bay Times The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single y ...
'' created in August 2007, uses the "Truth-o-Meter" to rank the amount of truth in public persons' statements. 2009
Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
Winner. *
Snopes ''Snopes'' , formerly known as the ''Urban Legends Reference Pages'', is a Fact checking, fact-checking website. It has been described as a "well-regarded reference for sorting out myths and rumors" on the Internet. The site has also been see ...
: focuses on, but is not limited to, validating and debunking urban legends and other stories in
American popular culture The culture of the United States of America is primarily of Western, and European origin, yet its influences includes the cultures of Asian American, African American, Latin American, and Native American peoples and their cultures. The U ...
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RealClearPolitics RealClearPolitics (RCP) is an American political news website and polling data aggregator formed in 2000 by former options trader John McIntyre and former advertising agency account executive Tom Bevan. The site features selected political ...
's Fact Check Review: aspires to offer quaternary-level critiquing of such tertiary-level efforts at fact-checking as those listed above. Within its inaugural review item on April 9, 2018, RCP writer
Kalev Leetaru Kalev Hannes Leetaru is an American internet entrepreneur, academic, and senior fellow at the George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Sciencebr>Center for Cyber & Homeland Securityin Washington, D.C. He was a former Yahoo! ...
said its efforts at "checking the fact checkers" were to "explore how the flagship fact-checking organizations operate in practice (as opposed to their self-reported descriptions), from their claim and verification sourcing to their topical focus to just what constitutes a 'fact.'" Leetaru is a
Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
fellow in residence, holding the chair established there for study and promotion of "international values,
communications technology Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, ...
and the global Internet." * VietFactCheck: A volunteer-led program seeking to offer Vietnamese Americans with fact-checked, contextualized, source-verified analysis in English and Vietnamese.


Fraudulent fact-checking websites

* Fact Check Armenia: a website with ties to Turkish government-related organizations that denies the historical facts of the
Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...
. * Fact Checking Turkey: operated by PR company Bosphorus Global and counters criticism of Turkey in foreign media. It treats statements by Turkish government officials as arbiters of the truth. *Mediekollen: far-right Swedish website.


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