Forbes

TikTok And Democracy: The Importance Of Fact-Checking Information

Have you ever caught yourself saying things like: “Hey, did you see this on TikTok”; “Well, I heard that on TikTok”; or “Someone on TikTok said this.” Well, I have, and these phrases and phrases like them are some that I and everyone around me ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

From fact-checking to friction-checking

“In 2026, the most pressing question will not be ‘What is true?’ but ‘Why is this story resonating right now and for whom?'” For years, journalism has treated misinformation as a truth problem. A false story pops up, journalists or fact-checkers ...
Poynter

Spotting the harmful needles in the haystack: How fact-checkers select what to check

In July, the London-based fact-checking organization Full Fact used artificial intelligence tools to scan public debate in media and online. They identified an average of 240,437 pieces of content circulating each day that would be possible, for Full Fact ...
Forbes

Why Thought Leaders And Companies Need Journalistic Fact-Checking

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rhea Wessel is the founder of The Institute for Thought Leadership. Like it or not, businesses and thought leaders operate in an information ecosystem where willful lies and concocted ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

The fact-checking mandate evolves from politics to personal security

“Online scams, phishing attempts, and fraudulent schemes have grown in both volume and sophistication, creating a new front in the war on falsehoods.” The field of fact-checking is not static; it dynamically evolves to confront the most pressing ...
American Enterprise Institute

When Fact Checkers Stop Checking Facts

A recent Washington Post headline claimed its tech columnist, Geoffrey Fowler, had shown that “Meta’s new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods [has] failed to make a dent.” The claim would fail a proper fact check. Yet despite all the growth—or ...
The Atlantic

Fact-Checking the Use of the Word 'Fact'

My colleague Patrick LaForge offered this timely reminder: Fact-checking is in vogue, and for some reason the language of facts attracts all types of usage problems. I reviewed some of the more common mistakes in the “fact” entry from “Garner’s ...
The Pioneer on MSN

US behind release of Venezuelan opposition figures and activists, says Trump

Venezuela released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists - both citizens and foreigners - Thursday in what the Government described as a gesture to "seek peace" less than a week after former President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces to face drug-trafficking charges.
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