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  1. Poynter: Opinion | Fact-checkers, don’t quit now: A call for endurance at GlobalFact 2026. “The International Fact-Checking Network brought together more than 300 journalists and researchers from across the globe this week in Vilnius, Lithuania, for GlobalFact 2026, the 13th annual conference. This essay is adapted from the opening welcome of the IFCN director.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/19/opinion-fact-checkers-dont-quit-now-a-call-for-endurance-at-globalfact-2026-poynter/
  2. Poynter: Opinion | Fact-checkers, don’t quit now: A call for endurance at GlobalFact 2026. “The International Fact-Checking Network brought together more than 300 journalists and researchers from across the globe this week in Vilnius, Lithuania, for GlobalFact 2026, the 13th annual conference. This essay is adapted from the opening welcome of the IFCN director.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/19/opinion-fact-checkers-dont-quit-now-a-call-for-endurance-at-globalfact-2026-poynter/
  3. Duke Reporter’s Lab: 2026 census: Fact-checking losses continue amid funding pressure, but most projects persist. “For the first time in the Duke Reporters’ Lab count, three-times as many fact-checkers closed their doors as opened them last year. Our tally shows 10 new fact-checking projects in 2025, compared with more than 30 that stopped posting.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/16/2026-census-fact-checking-losses-continue-amid-funding-pressure-but-most-projects-persist-duke-reporters-lab/
  4. Duke Reporter’s Lab: 2026 census: Fact-checking losses continue amid funding pressure, but most projects persist. “For the first time in the Duke Reporters’ Lab count, three-times as many fact-checkers closed their doors as opened them last year. Our tally shows 10 new fact-checking projects in 2025, compared with more than 30 that stopped posting.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/16/2026-census-fact-checking-losses-continue-amid-funding-pressure-but-most-projects-persist-duke-reporters-lab/
  5. #Thai PM Anutin says clip of him vowing to reopen border with #Cambodia ‘obviously AI’
    "Mr Anutin said the clip was fake, and #AFP #factcheckers ran the audio through a #media analysis tool which said it was “very likely #AIgenerated”.. Another AI-generated audio clip purporting to show Mr Anutin speaking Chinese fluently has previously been debunked"
    #CambodiaFiredFirst
    #ScamCapitalCambodia
    straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/

  6. #Thai PM Anutin says clip of him vowing to reopen border with #Cambodia ‘obviously AI’
    "Mr Anutin said the clip was fake, and #AFP #factcheckers ran the audio through a #media analysis tool which said it was “very likely #AIgenerated”.. Another AI-generated audio clip purporting to show Mr Anutin speaking Chinese fluently has previously been debunked"
    #CambodiaFiredFirst
    #ScamCapitalCambodia
    straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/

  7. Poynter: Fact-checking has to go where misinformation actually spreads. “In this environment, fact-checking remains indispensable, but its relevance can no longer be measured solely by the publication of articles. If it wants to continue to matter, fact-checking must stop imagining itself only as an editorial product and begin acting as a form of civic infrastructure. This shift begins with […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/06/poynter-fact-checking-has-to-go-where-misinformation-actually-spreads/
  8. Poynter: Fact-checking has to go where misinformation actually spreads. “In this environment, fact-checking remains indispensable, but its relevance can no longer be measured solely by the publication of articles. If it wants to continue to matter, fact-checking must stop imagining itself only as an editorial product and begin acting as a form of civic infrastructure. This shift begins with […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/06/poynter-fact-checking-has-to-go-where-misinformation-actually-spreads/
  9. "State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'"

    "On Wednesday, the State Department announced it would require H-1B visa applicants and their dependents to set their social media profiles to "public" so they can be reviewed by U.S. officials."

    #censorship #immigration #visas #StateDepartment #USStateDepartment #MarcoRubio #FactCheckers #Reporter #FreedomOfThePress #MAGA #Trump #Technology #SocialMedia

    npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-56334

  10. University of Rochester: The most effective online fact-checkers? Your peers. “Research shows that being called out by peers, not algorithms or experts, makes online authors think twice about spreading misinformation.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/19/university-of-rochester-the-most-effective-online-fact-checkers-your-peers/

  11. University of Rochester: The most effective online fact-checkers? Your peers. “Research shows that being called out by peers, not algorithms or experts, makes online authors think twice about spreading misinformation.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/19/university-of-rochester-the-most-effective-online-fact-checkers-your-peers/

  12. Poynter: As tech giants retreat, Africa’s fact-checkers are finding new ways to survive. “The platforms that once sponsored fact-checking projects and previous Africa Facts Summits, including Google and Meta, were nowhere to be seen, just as they were absent from IFCN’s GlobalFact conference in Rio last June. Still, 162 participants from 35 countries filled the hotel’s conference hall, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/19/276678/

  13. Poynter: As tech giants retreat, Africa’s fact-checkers are finding new ways to survive. “The platforms that once sponsored fact-checking projects and previous Africa Facts Summits, including Google and Meta, were nowhere to be seen, just as they were absent from IFCN’s GlobalFact conference in Rio last June. Still, 162 participants from 35 countries filled the hotel’s conference hall, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/19/276678/

  14. This is a BEAUTIFUL takedown of #ConservativeParty "leader" #PierrePoilievre. #Facts are not his friend, and #FactCheckers his mortal enemy. As he bitches and whines @mark-carney.bsky.social continues to make deals that provide #Canada ALLIES and SECURITY we may NEED substack.com/@franann61/n...

    #Francesk🇨🇦 (@franann61)

  15. AI is now twice as good at spreading baloney as it was last year 🍖🤖. Looks like the machines are really stepping up their game in the "misinformation Olympics" 🏅🤦‍♂️. Forget about fact-checkers, let's just drown in digital deception. 🎭🔍
    newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/a #AI #Misinformation #DigitalDeception #FactCheckers #MisinformationOlympics #HackerNews #ngated

  16. AI is now twice as good at spreading baloney as it was last year 🍖🤖. Looks like the machines are really stepping up their game in the "misinformation Olympics" 🏅🤦‍♂️. Forget about fact-checkers, let's just drown in digital deception. 🎭🔍
    newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/a #AI #Misinformation #DigitalDeception #FactCheckers #MisinformationOlympics #HackerNews #ngated

  17. Reporters Without Borders: Russia: fact-checking is the Kremlin’s latest propaganda tool. “The Russian Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) claims it verifies facts, but in reality, this website — created and run by Kremlin-affiliated entities — exists to promote the Russian government’s narrative internationally. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this new instrument of Russian […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/russia-fact-checking-is-the-kremlins-latest-propaganda-tool-reporters-without-borders/

  18. Reporters Without Borders: Russia: fact-checking is the Kremlin’s latest propaganda tool. “The Russian Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) claims it verifies facts, but in reality, this website — created and run by Kremlin-affiliated entities — exists to promote the Russian government’s narrative internationally. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this new instrument of Russian […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/russia-fact-checking-is-the-kremlins-latest-propaganda-tool-reporters-without-borders/

  19. Rise in ' #harmful #content ' since #Meta #policy #rollbacks: survey
    "The survey of around 7,000 active users on #Instagram, #Facebook & #Threads comes after te Palo Alto co #ditched US #factcheckers in January & turned over te task of debunking falsehoods to ordinary #users under a model known as "Community Notes," popularized by X.. widely seen as an attempt to appease President #Trump's new #administration"

    🤦‍♂️No responsibility = anarchy shit.
    #breakupBigTech #LeaveMeta
    bangkokpost.com/life/social-an

  20. Nieuwscheckers - De verzonnen blankeboerengenocide
    In deze nieuwsbrief leggen we uit wat deze complottheorie inhoudt. Over complottheorieën gesproken: ook chemtrails komen aan bod.
    #factcheckers #Trump #fakenews #whitegenocide
    open.substack.com/pub/nieuwsch

  21. Nieuwscheckers - De verzonnen blankeboerengenocide
    In deze nieuwsbrief leggen we uit wat deze complottheorie inhoudt. Over complottheorieën gesproken: ook chemtrails komen aan bod.
    #factcheckers #Trump #fakenews #whitegenocide
    open.substack.com/pub/nieuwsch

  22. Meta verabschiedet sich am Montag offiziell von seinen US-Faktencheckern.
    „Die jüngsten Wahlen wirken auch wie ein kultureller Wendepunkt, der der Meinungsäußerung wieder Priorität einräumt“, sagte Zuckerberg in einem Video... 🤮

    techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/meta

    #meta #rollingback #faktencheck #factcheckers #usa

  23. Meta verabschiedet sich am Montag offiziell von seinen US-Faktencheckern.
    „Die jüngsten Wahlen wirken auch wie ein kultureller Wendepunkt, der der Meinungsäußerung wieder Priorität einräumt“, sagte Zuckerberg in einem Video... 🤮

    techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/meta

    #meta #rollingback #faktencheck #factcheckers #usa

  24. Poynter: Fact-checkers are among the top sources for X’s Community Notes, study reveals. “When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of the third-party fact-checking program on his company’s platforms, he said he would ‘get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with Community Notes, similar to X.’ But a new study shows that fact-checkers remain an essential part of X’s program, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/poynter-fact-checkers-are-among-the-top-sources-for-xs-community-notes-study-reveals/

  25. Poynter: Fact-checkers are among the top sources for X’s Community Notes, study reveals. “When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of the third-party fact-checking program on his company’s platforms, he said he would ‘get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with Community Notes, similar to X.’ But a new study shows that fact-checkers remain an essential part of X’s program, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/poynter-fact-checkers-are-among-the-top-sources-for-xs-community-notes-study-reveals/

  26. Factcheckers over hun werk nu Meta het wil opheffen: ‘Wat wij doen is het tegenovergestelde van censuur’. (NRC) (€)

    Een waarschuwingslabel op een pakje sigaretten is niet het censureren van sigaretten. Factcheckers hebben nooit de bevoegdheid gehad om op Facebook en Instagram posts of accounts te verwijderen.

    nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/01/18/factc

    Citaten uit stuk: diasp.nl/posts/4294758

    #meta #facebook #instagram #factcheckers #censuur #vrijheid_van_meningsuiting #trump #nieuws #nepnieuws #fake_news

  27. Meta's Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were 'Blindsided' by Decision to Axe Them

    Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move.
    #facebook #factchecking #factcheckers #meta

    wired.com/story/metas-fact-che

  28. Meta's Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were 'Blindsided' by Decision to Axe Them

    Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move.
    #facebook #factchecking #factcheckers #meta

    wired.com/story/metas-fact-che

  29. #Facebook Shifts #ContentModeration to Its Users. Are You Ready?

    Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Mark #Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, is replacing professional fact-checkers with a system overseen by everyday users.
    #factchecking #factcheckers #misinformation #disinformation

    nytimes.com/2025/01/07/technol

  30. #Facebook Shifts #ContentModeration to Its Users. Are You Ready?

    Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Mark #Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, is replacing professional fact-checkers with a system overseen by everyday users.
    #factchecking #factcheckers #misinformation #disinformation

    nytimes.com/2025/01/07/technol

  31. Framing matters in #medialiteracy... This Nieman Lab article lifts the carpet on Meta's pandering policy adjustment that enables more #misinformation to flood the zone. Sadly, the 'anything for a buck, Zuck' moniker is evergreen. 💵 ☠️ www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/zuck... #FactsMatter #factcheckers #Meta

    Let’s fact-check Mark Zuckerbe...

  32. Dennis Goris @DennisGoris Facts are just for people who care about the truth. #FactChecking #Meta #factcheckers