In a context of widespread disinformation, fact-checking forms the first line of response through its focus on restoring the facts. Fact-checking involves verifying content that has already been ...

Jiji Press and some other members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association have launched a fact-checking initiative for election-related online information, beginning with the Tokyo ...

In South Africa’s fast-moving digital spaces, misinformation doesn’t announce itself, it blends in. And by the time the truth catches up, the damage is often already done. That’s where the Social ...

TOKYO -- The global fact-checking community is at a crossroads as the number of organizations tracking and correcting misinformation declines due to financial strain and increasing hostility from ...

Illustrations of some of the ratings placed on the Mainichi Shimbun's fact check articles are shown here. (Mainichi) The Mainichi Shimbun began a new series called "Fact check" in 2019, which has been ...

While artificial intelligence is being increasingly positioned as a scalable solution to online misinformation, the real challenge goes beyond purely technical accuracy. For AI-based fact-checking to ...

NEC Corporation is developing a technology that uses AI to analyze the trustworthiness of information on the Internet from multiple perspectives and support fact-checking. This is being carried out as ...

In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, violent insurrectionists loyal to then U.S. President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) It is a ...

As the conflict in the Middle East escalates dramatically, accurate information is at a premium. The internet is already awash with text and video that is either misleading or completely false, ...

Here at Full Fact Towers we’re about to log off, don our Christmas jumpers and start prepping for a well-earned break. And as is traditional at this time of year, we’ve been taking a look back, ...