Fact-checking
In this short video, Iva Nenadić addresses the concept of ‘fact-checking’ and its prominent role in the European Union’s policy against disinformation.
Simply said, fact-checking is a set of tools and practices to verify information.
Research Fellow Iva Nenadić from the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom explores the global proliferation of fact-checking organisations in the past years, explains their role, and stresses the importance them being transparent and accountable:
“(…) today’s information overload and the new means to spread disinformation and to manipulate public opinion grew also a need for a systematic tech-savvy and independent approach to fact-checking, especially in the digital space.”
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