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Members of Confirma 2022 receive their collaboration award at the GlobalFact 10 ceremony. Flanking the group are IFCN's Enock Nyariki (extreme left) and Alanna Dvorak (extreme right), who presented the trophy. (Courtesy: IFCN)

Fact-checkers from Nigeria, Indonesia and Brazil win GlobalFact 10 awards

Diligent investigations, creative approaches and collaborative efforts: inside the stories behind the awards
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$12 million Global Fact Check Fund opens applications for second round of grants

A partnership between Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network and Google and YouTube continues to support fact-checking initiatives worldwide.
Former Twitter trust and safety head Yoel Roth speaks at GlobalFact 10 in Seoul, South Korea.

Banning Donald Trump and meeting Elon Musk: Former Twitter safety chief gives inside account

Yoel Roth explains how moderation rules evolved at Twitter, the fight against harassment and why he no longer drives a Tesla
MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan talks about the flaws in Twitter's Community Notes system at GlobalFact 10 in Seoul, South Korea

Why Twitter’s Community Notes feature mostly fails to combat misinformation

An attempt to solve ‘the problem of biased fact-checkers’ has left most Notes unseen by public, fact-checking conference is told
Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro (right) reacts to a standing ovation from the crowd of fact-checkers at GlobalFact 10 in Seoul, South Korea, after she talked about the personal attacks she faced while investigating Russian internet trolling operations. At left is moderator Alanna Dvorak, international training manager for the International Fact-Checking Network.

Jessikka Aro, international fact-checkers discuss combatting Russian disinformation campaigns at GlobalFact 10

‘They are building a bigger and bigger community who just hate us’ Aro tells journalists, urging vigorous work to expose trolls
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Global Fact Check Fund awards first grants to 35 organizations serving 45 countries

International Fact-Checking Network announces initial round of funding supported by $13.2 million Google/YouTube grant
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