Global Fact-checkers Battle Harassment, Threats, Financial Perils

Global Fact-checkers Battle Harassment, Threats, Financial Perils

From India and South Korea to Croatia and North Macedonia, fact-checking organizations battling an ever-rising tide of misinformation in a major election year are buffeted by legal threats, harassment and funding shortfalls. Fact-checkers, largely under-resourced and increasingly under attack, have their work cut out this year as dozens of countries hold elections, a period when…

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India Fact-checkers Face Threats, Jail In Misinformation Fight

India Fact-checkers Face Threats, Jail In Misinformation Fight

India has the world’s largest number of certified fact-checking organisations, BOOM Live is among those that methodically debunk some of the tsunami of internet falsehoods, but their efforts can feel like a drop in the bucket Hunched over laptops in small office cubicles, a group of Indian fact-checkers is on the frontlines of a war…

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