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List of fact-checking websites

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This list of fact-checking websites includes websites that provide fact-checking services about both political and non-political subjects.

Certifications for fact-checking sites

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Whether a fact-checking site is in a network like the International Fact-Checking Network can help to establish the reliability of a fact-checking organization.[1]

International Fact-Checking Network

International Fact-Checking Network launched in 2015 by the Poynter Institute set a code of ethics for fact-checking organizations. The IFCN reviews fact-checkers for compliance with its code, and issues a certification to publishers who pass the audit. The certification lasts for one year, and fact-checkers must be re-examined annually to retain their certifications.[2] IFCN lists 170 organizations as members as of July 2024.[3] Facebook and Instagram have used the IFCN's certification to vet publishers for fact-checking contracts.[4][5]

European Fact-Checking Standards Network

The European Fact-Checking Standards Network was launched in 2023, following a European Commission project to write the European Code of Standards for Independent Fact-Checking Organisations. The EFCSN reviews fact-checkers for compliance with its code, and issues a certification to publishers who pass the audit of two independent assessors. The certification lasts for two years, and fact-checkers must be re-examined at the end of their certification in order to retain it.[6] EFCSN membership is open to organisations with a substantial and demonstrable focus on a country that is a member of the Council of Europe, Kosovo, Belarus, or Russia. The EFCSN has 61 members as of April 2025.[7]

Duke Reporters' Lab

The Reporters' Lab at Duke University maintains a database of fact-checking organizations that is managed by Mark Stencel and Bill Adair. As of 2024, the database has 439 non-partisan organizations around the world.[8][9] The Lab's inclusion criteria are based on whether the organization:[10]

  • reviews statements by all parties and sides;
  • examines discrete claims and reaches conclusions;
  • transparently identifies its sources and explains its methods;
  • discloses funding/affiliations;
  • and whether its primary mission is news and information.
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The Duke Reporter's lab found the number of reputable fact-checking sites around the world plateauing in 2024 around 440.[8]

Websites operated by international media companies

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Africa

  • Africa Check: Africa's first independent fact-checking organization with offices in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and the UK checking claims made by public figures and the media in Africa.[15]
    • Africa Check is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.[16] Africa Check is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • DUBAWA (also known as the Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism; https://dubawa.org/category/fact-check/ ): is a West African independent verification and fact-checking project, initiated by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development [The CJID] (formerly the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ))[17] and supported by the most influential newsrooms and civic organisations in West Africa to help amplify the culture of truth in public discourse,[18] public policy, and journalistic practice. It has a presence in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia.[19]
    • DUBAWA is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.[20] DUBAWA is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • Roundcheck (https://roundcheck.com.ng/): is a youth-led factchecking organization in Nigeria combating misinformation and disinformation and promoting media literacy. One of their objectives is integrating young people into factchecking to help curb the spread of information disorder.[21]
    • In 2022, the organisation began a bi-annual volunteering network aimed at training young fact-checkers in Africa and mentoring them to publish their contents for a period of four months after which they are inducted as team members.[22]
    • In 2024, a gender disinformation desk was created to monitor and factcheck misinformation and disinformation around gender.[23]
  • News Verifier Africa (https://newsverifierafrica.com/): fact-checking and news verification platform for Africans. Established in 2020, the non-profit platform seeks to improve public access to accurate information by simplifying fact-checking and creating varied appealing formats for fact checked news, data and viral images.[24][25]
  • FactCheckHub (https://factcheckhub.com/): This is the verification platform of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting [The ICIR][26] aimed at combating misinformation in the society.[27] It is an independent, non-partisan platform for factchecking with the primary aim of combating misinformation, disinformation, hoaxes and rumours about topical issues. It has been mentioned in the context of election monitoring.[28]
    • FactCheckHub is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles.[29] FactCheckHub is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • PesaCheck (https://pesacheck.org/): This is a fact-checking program established by Code for Africa in 2017 to verify public and financial statements of governments across 12 African countries using statistical data. Its fact-checks are available in English, French, Kiswahili, and Amharic.[30] It also help non-profit organisations, universities, and media watch dogs set up their own fact-check groups.[31]
    • Code for Africa is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles.[32] PesaCheck is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]

Asia-Pacific

Australia

Bangladesh

  • FactWatch (or Fact Watch, https://www.fact-watch.org/web/): an independent fact-checking entity affiliated to the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
    • FactWatch is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.[43] FactWatch is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • Rumor Scanner Bangladesh (or just Rumor Scanner): an independent fact-checking initiative.
    • Rumor Scanner is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles [44] Rumor Scanner is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • BOOM Live (or just BOOM), http://www.boomlive.in/: IFCN certified independent fact-checking initiative based in Mumbai, India.[12]
    • BOOM is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.[45] BOOM Live is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]

China

Fact-checking websites in China often avoid commenting on political, economic, and other current affairs.[46] Several Chinese fact-checking websites have been criticized for lack of transparency with regard to their methodology and sources, and for following Chinese propaganda.[47] Operators of some fact-checking websites in China admit to self-censorship.[48]

  • AFP Hong Kong (https://factcheck.afp.com/afp-hong-kong): Fact-checking by the Hong Kong bureau of the Agence France-Presse news service.
    • AFP fact checking is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.[11] AFP fact checking is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • Annie Lab (https://annielab.org/): a project by the University of Hong Kong's Journalism & Media Studies Centre in collaboration with ANNIE (Asian Network of News and Information Educators)
    • Annie Lab is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.[49] Annie Lab is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • China Fact Check (https://chinafactcheck.com/): a project founded by Shanghai-based Chinese journalist Wei Xing.[50][51]
    • While the outlet has been praised for its debunking of disinformation related to, among others, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its founder has noted that self-censorship is required in cases where the "result goes against the government's stance."[48]
  • Chinese Internet Joint Rumor Refutation Platform [zh] (or just The Joint): a government platform run by the Cyberspace Administration of China[52][53][54]
    • The website has been criticized for lack of transparency with regards to its methodology and sources, and following Chinese propaganda.[47]
  • Factcheck Lab (https://www.factchecklab.org/): a project by the nonprofit Culture and Media Education Foundation in Hong Kong.
    • Factcheck Lab is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.[55] Factcheck Lab is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • HKBU Fact Check (https://factcheck.hkbu.edu.hk/home/): a project by the School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University.
    • HKBU Fact Check is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles.[56][57] HKBU Fact Check is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • Tencent News Jiao Zhen (or just Jiao Zhen, or Jiaozhen, https://new.qq.com/omn/author/5107513): official fact checking project by Chinese company Tencent.
    • Tencent News Jiao Zhen is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
    • The website has been criticized for lack of transparency with regards to its methodology and sources, and following Chinese propaganda.[47][58]
Hong Kong
  • Factcheck Lab (https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/): A project launched by the nonprofit Culture and Media Education Foundation in Hong Kong. Member of International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).[59] It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]

India

International Fact-Checking Network verified signatories:

Others:

Japan

  • GoHoo: Launched by a nonprofit association Watchdog for Accuracy in News-reporting, Japan (WANJ or 一般社団法人 日本報道検証機構) on November 16, 2014. Crowd-funded approx. 1.6 million yen through Ready For.[76] Awarded Social Business Grand Prize 2012 Summer.[77]
  • Japan Center of Education for Journalists (JCEJ): Fosters journalists and fact-checkers by referring to a Journalist's Guide to Social Sources published by First Draft News, a project of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center. JCEJ itself also debunks falsehoods.[78]

Nepal

  • Nepal Fact Check:[79] initiated in March 2020 as an urgent response to COVID-19 misinformation by CMR-Nepal and Nepali-language blog, MySansar.[80] It has been a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) since 2023.[81]

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

  • Citizen Fact Check: the first fact-checking agency to be launched by a local media organization in Sri Lanka.[83] It is run by the Citizen Media Network.
  • FactCheck.lk[84]
  • Watchdog[85]

South Korea

Taiwan

  • Cofacts: an open source project associated with the G0v movement[94][95][96]
  • MyGoPen: a project run by Taiwanese civil society group.[97][94] It is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles.[98] It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]
  • Taiwan FactCheck Center [zh] A non-profit organization that seeks to verify rumors and disinformation in Taiwanese society in order to promote fact-based public discussion.[99][97][94] In 2023 it has been described as "one of the most prominent news verification groups on the island".[100] It is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles.[101] It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab.[12]

Europe

Austria

Bulgaria

  • Factcheck.bg: Bulgarian fact-checking website, a project by the Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria).[103]
  • AFP Провери: Bulgarian fact-checking website by Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the Bulgarian journalist Rosen Bosev.[104] "AFP Провери" is a Facebook partner verifying the Bulgarian content on the social media.[105]

Croatia

Czech Republic

Finland

  • Faktabaari: Finnish awarded and politically independent fact-checking agency, launched in 2014.[108][109]

France

  • Les Décodeurs [fr]: French fact-checking blog run by Le Monde.[110]
  • Science Feedback, Climate Feedback, and Health Feedback: family of websites dedicated to fact-checking media coverage of science, climate change, and health, respectively.[111]
  • Agence France-Presse (AFP)： launched its digital verification service in France in 2017, which has since evolved into a leading global fact-checking agency with dedicated journalists in countries ranging from the United States to Myanmar.[112]
  • Captain Fact [fr]
  • HoaxBuster [fr]

Germany

Georgia

  • FactCheck Georgia: project of the Tbilisi-based think-tank Georgia's Reforms Associates (GRASS), launched in 2013.[120][121]

Greece

  • Ellinikahoaxes.gr: Greek fact-checking website launched in 2013. Debunks hoaxes, urban legends, fake news, internet scams and other stories of questionable origin.[122]
  • Greece Fact Check: independent Greek fact-checking website launched in February 2017 specializing in pseudoscience and medical frauds.[123][124]
  • Check4facts.gr is a Greek digital fact-checking platform that verifies the accuracy of public statements and news related to climate change, health, migration, and crime. Established in early 2021, it operates under the coordination of the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) and collaborates with multiple public research and academic institutions. The platform employs a combination of investigative journalism and machine learning techniques to assess the credibility of information in the public sphere. By providing well-substantiated and cross-checked information, check4facts.gr aims to enrich public dialogue and encourage citizen participation in seeking reliable information on critical societal issues.[125][126]

Italy

  • Bufale.net: National public service for citizens against fakenews[127][128]
  • Pagella Politica: Italian fact-checking website.[129]
  • Butac.it: Fact-checking website created in 2013[130][131]
  • Facta.news[132][133]

Lithuania

Netherlands

  • Bellingcat, specialising in fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT), founded in 2014 by British citizen journalist Eliot Higgins.

Norway

  • Faktisk.no: fact-checking site focusing on public debate in Norway. Set up by rival Norwegian media outlets and a part of IFCN.[135]

Poland

Portugal

  • Observador: newspaper with a fact-checking section called Fact Check.[139] First Portuguese member of International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter Institute.[140]
  • Polígrafo: online fact-checking website. Also featured on a SIC news programme.[141]

Romania

  • Factual.ro: launched by the Funky Citizens organization.[142]

Russia

Spain

Ukraine

  • VoxCheck: unveiled by VoxUkraine, an online economics and policy project, in 2015.[120][151]
  • FactCheck Ukraine: launched by the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Team of Reformers in 2016.[120]
  • StopFake: launched by the Kyiv Mohyla Journalism School in 2014.[152][153]

United Kingdom

  • BBC Reality Check[154]
  • Full Fact: independent fact-checking organization based in the UK which aims to "promote accuracy in public debate", launched in 2009.[155]
  • FactCheckNI: the first independent dedicated fact-checking service for Northern Ireland, launched in 2016, checking claims as well as offering training in critical thinking, tools and techniques any member of the public can use.[156]
  • The FactCheck blog: fact-checking blog run by the Channel 4 News organization in the UK.[157]
  • Ferret Fact Service: Scotland's first fact-checker launched in April 2017[158] after a grant from the Google Digital News Initiative.[159][160]
  • Logically[161]

Latin America

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

IFCN verified signatories:

Others:

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Guatemala

Mexico

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Middle East

Iran

  • Gomaneh: online Persian magazine devoted to the investigation of rumors and hearsay.[201]
  • Factnameh: online Persian magazine launched in 2017 by the ASL19 organization. It mostly focuses on fact-checking quotes from Iranian governmental figures or rumours spread on social media.[202][203]

Jordan

  • Fatabyyano: independent fact-checking platform, which is considered the leading fact-checking platform in the MENA region. Fatabyyano is the first and only Arabian platform certified by the IFCN.[204] The platform has several million followers, and had received an award from the Harvard Arab Alumni Association in 2016, as well as from Queen Rania of Jordan.[205]

Saudi Arabia

  • Anti-Rumors Authority[206]

Turkey

  • Teyit: independent fact-checking organization based in Turkey and a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network’s Code of Principles and is one of the partners of First Draft News.[207][208]
  • Doğruluk Payı: independent fact-checking organization that focuses on verifying the factual accuracy of statements by Turkish politicians.[208]
  • Malumat Furuş: independent organization fact-checking articles published on printed and online media[209]

North America

Canada

United States

  • AFP Fact Check from Agence France-Presse: originally launched in France in 2017, now global and available in multiple languages. ICFN signatory. Facebook partner.[211][214][215]
  • Check Your Fact, IFCN signatory and Facebook partner owned by The Daily Caller but editorially independent.[216][217]
  • FactCheck.org and FactCheckEd.org: self-described "advocates for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics", and serving as an educational resource for high school teachers and students, respectively (the latter founded 2005). They are projects of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and are funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation.
  • Fact Checker (The Washington Post): project of The Washington Post, known for grading politicians on the factual accuracy of their statements with zero to four "Pinocchios".[218][219] Created September 2007 by Post diplomatic writer Michael Dobbs specifically for the 2008 presidential election.[220] Ceased operation November 4, 2008,[221] but relaunched with a broader focus in January 2011, led by veteran Post diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler.[222]
  • Lead Stories: fact checks posts that Facebook flags but also use its own technology, called "Trendolizer", to detect trending hoaxes from hundreds of known fake news sites, satirical websites and prank generators.[223][224]
  • Media Bias/Fact Check. An American website with focus on "political bias" and "factual reporting".[225][226]
  • Metabunk: A discussion forum setup by Mick West that covers such topics as pseudoscience, UFOs and the paranormal. The website also includes a forum, "Skydentify", where West invites people to send photos and videos of UFOs and supposed ghosts.
  • NPR Fact Check. Operated by American NPR nonprofit media organization. Has a focus on current news events.[227]
  • PolitiFact: service of the Tampa Bay Times created in August 2007, uses the "Truth-o-Meter" to rank the amount of truth in public persons' statements. 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner.[228]
  • Snopes: focuses on, but is not limited to, validating and debunking urban legends and other stories in American popular culture.
  • RealClearPolitics's Fact Check Review: aspires to offer quaternary-level critiquing of such tertiary-level efforts at fact-checking as those listed above. Within its inaugural review item on April 9, 2018, RCP writer Kalev Leetaru said its efforts at "checking the fact checkers" were to "explore how the flagship fact-checking organizations operate in practice (as opposed to their self-reported descriptions), from their claim and verification sourcing to their topical focus to just what constitutes a 'fact.'"[229] Leetaru is a Georgetown University fellow in residence, holding the chair established there for study and promotion of "international values, communications technology and the global Internet".[230]
  • VietFactCheck: A volunteer-led program seeking to offer Vietnamese Americans with fact-checked, contextualized, source-verified analysis in English and Vietnamese.[231]
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