Crash Course Lesson 3 - Portal Check

Why is fact-checking important in the struggle against mis/disinformation?

Because Fact-checking depends solely on journalists.

Because Fact-checking organizations have many resources and funding.

These organizations can prosecute the creators of disinformation.

Helps to identify misinformation, deny it, and expose it.

The verification of content and sources has the following classification categories:

True, False, Questionable.

Verifiable, Unverifiable, Questionable.

Each organization defines it.

Deceptive, false, unsustainable, untenable.

Before a fact-checking organization marks content as false, it is necessary to:

Contrast various sources.

Investigate the context.

Assess the impact on society.

All of the above.

Some of the initiatives to strengthen fact-checking organizations are:

Portalcheck.org, International Telecommunication Union, International Association for Fact-checking.

International Fact-Checking Network, Portalcheck.org, Latam Chequea.

International Fact-checking Association, Portalcheck.org, Global Fact-checking Network.

Global Fact-checking Network, Portalcheck.org, International Fact-checking Association.

The ethical principles for fact checking organizations are:

Transparency on conflicts of interest, sources of funding, members of the organization and agenda.

Autonomy, justice, autonomy and integrity.

Autonomy, justice and respect.

Non-partisanship, transparency of funding sources, verification, methodology and a policy of corrections.

What is fact-checking?

It is different types of disinformation.

It is a process and genre of journalism that analyzes, classifies and identifies information in order to promote truthfulness.

It is a set of ethical standards for global platforms.

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