Crash Course Lesson 3 - Portal Check

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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