Polygraph.info is a fact-checking website-aggregator produced by U.S. government-funded news organisations

Voice of America Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest U.S.-funded international broadcaster. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content ...

(VoA) and

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says tha ...

(RFE/RL). The website also documents

Russian disinformation Russian disinformation campaigns have occurred in many countries. For example, in Africa, disinformation campaigns led by Yevgeny Prigozhin have been reported in several different countries. Russia, however, denies that it uses disinformation to ...

and state-backed propaganda by the Chinese government. Radio Free Europe funded a three person team at Polygraph.info until February 2017. The team was led by ''

Daily Beast ''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008. It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...

'' senior editor

Michael Weiss Michael Weiss may refer to: Sports * Michael Weiss (figure skater) (born 1976), American former figure skater * Michael Weiss (swimmer) (born 1991), American swimmer * Michael Weiss (triathlete) (born 1981), Austrian triathlete and cyclist * Mich ...

. As of April 8, 2020, the project employed five people. VoA journalist Jim Fry was its managing editor from November 2017 to November 2019. Investigative journalist, researcher and Russian expert

Fatima Tlisova Fatima Tlis or Tlisova (; born 1966) is a Russian-American investigative journalist, researcher and expert on Russia. Life in Russia Fatima Tlis graduated from , Russia, with a Master of Arts degree in Russian language and literature. Refuge ...

also works at Polygraph.info. A partner website in the Russian language is factograph.info, a joint project of RFE/RL and VoA.

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* {{official Voice of America Fact-checking websites Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty