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PRESS STATEMENT: FactCheckNI shares tips to help voters spot bad information online ahead of Election Day
3 December 2019
FactCheckNI, Northern Ireland’s first and only dedicated fact-checking organisation, has published a new election toolkit to help voters spot bad and misleading information online. Working

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When fact-checking isn’t about “right” or “wrong” (WACC Global)
16 September 2019
by WACC Global (16 September 2019) The rise of “fake news” charges and deliberate disinformation have led to an important counter effort: fact-checking. News agencies,

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A beginner’s guide to fact checking
4 September 2019
by Dr Orna YOUNG (4 September 2019) Fact checking can be done by anyone. We at FactCheckNI train groups to ensure that individuals can determine the

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Only one UK member of Facebook’s fact checking programme?
31 July 2019
FactCheckNI is another UK member of Facebook’s third party fact checking programme. The Guardian promptly corrected its article. In an article published on Tuesday, 30

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Fact checking Northern Ireland: FactCheckNI continues to grow
20 May 2019
20 May 2019 This summer FactCheckNI is four years old. We are Northern Ireland’s first, and only, fact-checking service. We have trained thousands of people

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Beyond fake news: Working collaboratively to address misinformation #NICSLive
18 May 2019
by Allan LEONARD for FactCheckNI (15 May 2019) FactCheckNI is becoming a regular feature of the annual NICS Live event, which brings together figures from

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PRESS STATEMENT: FactCheckNI joins Facebook Fact-Checking Programme
25 April 2019
25 April 2019 Today FactCheckNI, Northern Ireland’s first and only dedicated fact-checking service, has joined Facebook’s third-party fact-checking programme, as part of the social media

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Why does fact checking matter? @ImagineBelfast
7 April 2019
28 March 2019 As part of the Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics, FactCheckNI hosted a lunchtime seminar on the importance of fact checking, not

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Digital verification for human rights: Amnesty International @ImagineBelfast
28 March 2019
by Ferre WOUTERS for FactCheckNI (25 March 2019) At the first day of Belfast’s Imagine Festival 2019, Amnesty International held two events, both presented by

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FactCheckNI partners with FactCheckEU for European-wide coverage
19 March 2019
19 March 2019 Hoaxes know no borders, especially in Europe. That’s why FactCheckNI is proud to announce the launch of FactCheckEU, a collaborative effort from

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For your consideration: FactCheckNI verdict ratings
16 February 2019
What does it mean for something to be “true”, “correct”, or “accurate”? Can anything be absolutely true or completely false? Is there any difference between

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10 years of Nieuwscheckers
1 February 2019
by Ferre WOUTERS for FactCheckNI (25 January 2019) Nieuwscheckers is a Dutch project for students in journalism at the University of Leiden. Supervised by lecturers