Verificat is a

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 ...

project created in April 2019 to combat

misinformation Misinformation is incorrect or misleading information. It differs from disinformation, which is ''deliberately'' deceptive. Rumors are information not attributed to any particular source, and so are unreliable and often unverified, but can turn ou ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

.Grego Casanova,
‘Verificat’, la primera plataforma de verificació de dades de Catalunya
' (“The first data verification platform in Catalonia,” in Catalan), 4 April 2019. Accessed 3 October 2020. Created as an independent non-profit, the project was inspired by the platforms of the

Poynter Institute The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a non-profit journalism school and research organization in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The school is the owner of the ''Tampa Bay Times'' newspaper and the International Fact-Checking Netwo ...

's International Fact-Checking Network,EFE,
Cataluña estrena ‘Verificat’, su propia plataforma contra las ‘Fake News’
' (“Catalonia launches ‘Verificat’, its own platform to counter ‘Fake News’,” in Spanish), 2 April 2019. Accessed 3 October 2020. and in 2020 has become a verified signatory of its Code of Principles. The platform was founded by Alba Tobella and Lorenzo Marini, its current co-directors, together with Carola Solé, Roser Toll, Carina Bellver and Elisa Vivas, before the Barcelona municipal election campaign of 2019.
Neix Verificat, la primera plataforma de ‘fact-checking’ en català
' (“Verificat founded, the first “fact-checking” platform in Catalan”), 2 April 2019, Barcelona TV channel

Betevé Betevé, stylized ''betevé'', formerly called ''Barcelona Televisió'', is a Spanish free-to-air television channel in Catalan language, that is broadcast in Barcelona and its neighboring county, owned by the City Council of Barcelona. History ...

. Accessed 3 October 2020. The project has received financial support from the

Open Society Foundations Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is a Grant (money), grantmaking network founded and chaired by business magnate George Soros. Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the wo ...

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References

External links

* https://www.verificat.cat/ (website) Foundations based in Catalonia Fact-checking websites