{"CACHEDAT":"2026-05-17 19:55:48","TRANSLATEDAT":"2026-05-17 19:55:48","SOURCESIGNATURE":"865e2bc37d6ba4b596976571f5fc4e8b3935a2f1e62e9639b690f36af46da90d","SLUG":"finding-authentic-materials-14WTv0f4zi","MARKDOWN":"# Logical fallacies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n# Fact-Checking Tools\n\n\n:::info\n#### AFP Fact Check (France)\n\n* **Languages:** English, French\n* **Focus**: n dubious pictures, videos, official statements and other misinformation that appears online\n* **Funding:** partially subsidised by the French government, also receives direct support from Facebook.\n* **Link:** \n\n#### BBC Reality Check (United Kingdom)\n\n* **Language:** English\n* **Focus:** rumours and claims from news sites or social media\n* **Funding:** publicly funded\n* **Link:** \n\n#### Correctiv (Germany)\n\n* **Languages**: German; also publishes in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Turkish via partner outlets\n* **Focus**: mis- and disinformation, investigative journalism\n\n **Funding**: donations (major donors include Luminate, Brost-Stiftung, Open Society Foundations, Google, Deutsche Telekom); a commercial subsidiary receives payment from Facebook for fact-checking content \n* Link: \n\n#### dpa-Faktencheck (Germany)\n\n* **Languages**: German, Dutch, French (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg)\n* **Focus**: claims of public relevance; political statements and viral content\n* **Funding**: market-funded news agency; minor project funding (Google News Initiative, EU); Meta cooperation flagged per fact-check\n* **Link**: \n\n#### FactCheck.org (United States)\n\n* **Language**: English\n* **Focus**: US political claims and statements; viral hoaxes\n* **Funding**: Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, primarily funded by the Annenberg Foundation; Meta partnership ran from 2016 until ending in 2025 \n* **Link**: \n\n#### **Faktabaari (Finland)**\n\n* **Languages:** Finnish, Swedish, English\n* **Focus:** fact-checks, especially during local, national and European elections\n* **Funding:** primarily via third sector grants and prizes\n* **Link:** \n\n#### Maldita.es (Spain)\n\n* **Language**: Spanish\n* **Focus**: politics, science, health, climate, migration, gender; community-driven\n* **Funding**: nonprofit foundation; donations, membership, platform partnerships (Meta, Google), EU research projects\n* **Link**: \n\n#### Pagella Politica (Italy)\n\n* **Language**: Italian\n* **Focus**: statements by Italian politicians (sister site Facta.news covers viral mis-/disinformation)\n* **Funding**: private company; revenue from media clients, Meta partnership (via Facta.news), EU and Erasmus+ project funding\n* **Link**: \n\n#### **Reuters Fact Check** (UK)\n\n* **Language**: English\n* **Focus**: Visual material, claims posted on social media\n* **Funding**: Reuters, Facebook provides financial support\n* **Link**: \n\n#### Snopes (USA)\n\n* **Language**: English\n* **Focus**: urban legends, internet rumours, US political and social claims\n* **Funding**: independent media company; advertising and member subscriptions; previous Meta partnership ended 2019\n* **Link**: \n\n:::\n\n\n:::warning\n\n\n:::","HTML":"
Sprachen: Deutsch; veröffentlicht über Partnermedien auch auf Arabisch, Englisch, Französisch, Russisch und Türkisch\n
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Schwerpunkt: Falsch- und Desinformation, investigativer Journalismus\n
Finanzierung: Spenden (zu den wichtigsten Spendern gehören Luminate, die Brost-Stiftung, die Open Society Foundations, Google und die Deutsche Telekom); eine kommerzielle Tochtergesellschaft erhält Zahlungen von Facebook für die Überprüfung von Inhalten
Schwerpunkt: Aussagen von öffentlicher Relevanz; politische Äußerungen und virale Inhalte\n
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Finanzierung: marktwirtschaftlich finanzierte Nachrichtenagentur; geringfügige Projektförderung (Google News Initiative, EU); Zusammenarbeit mit Meta wird bei jedem Faktencheck angegeben\n
Schwerpunkt: politische Behauptungen und Aussagen in den USA; virale Falschmeldungen\n
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Finanzierung: Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, hauptsächlich finanziert durch die Annenberg Foundation; die Partnerschaft mit Meta lief von 2016 bis 2025\n