Polygraph.info is a fact-checking website produced by

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(VoA). Among many subjects, the website documents Russian disinformation and state-backed propaganda by the Chinese government. The site launched on December 6, 2016. Radio Free Europe funded a three person team at Polygraph.info until February 2017. The team was led by ''

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'' senior editor Michael Weiss. According to a 2018 article in ''

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'', by providing fact-checks in both English and Russian VOA "builds on the success of its year-old Russian-language television network Current Time TV... hich is/nowiki> 24/7 programming to counter Russian disinformation and Iranian censorship." 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 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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* Voice of America Fact-checking websites Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Internet properties established in 2016 {{Website-stub