The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) is a grassroots network that works towards fostering transparent and impartial fact-checking in the Arab region. This network is a product of the mis/disinformation spikes amid the unprecedented times of COVID-19 worldwide.
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Fact-checking challenges & opportunities in Africa: A New AFCN Webinar
Fact-checking challenges & opportunities in Africa: A New AFCN Webinar On Monday, 4th of September 2023, ARIJ’s AFCN discussed the opportunities and challenges that African fact-checkers are facing, in a webinar that was attended by 70+ participants via Zoom and +230 Views via Facebook Live from different Arab countries. Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Africa Check, Cayley…
TikTok Meeting with AFCN Community
TikTok Meeting with AFCN Community The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, held a meeting which gathered representatives from TikTok with AFCN community on August 22, 2023, this meeting organized by AFCN in order to keep the discussion open between Arab fact-checking organizations and major tech companies, in the aim of unifying efforts in…
How to build your fact-checking career?
How to build your fact-checking career? A new webinar entitled “How to build your fact-checking career?”, with the participation of more than 90 attendees via Zoom and +400 Views via Facebook Live from different Arab countries. In this webinar, the Deputy Director of the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN), Ferdi Ozsoy, gave an introduction to the…
Google Meeting with AFCN Community
Google Meeting with AFCN Community The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, held a meeting which gathered representatives from Google with AFCN community members on Thursday 27th of July 2023. This comes as a part of “Dalil” project which is supported by the European Union, in partnership with “Siren” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in…
Fact-checking Social Media Content: Dalil’s 3rd webinar
Fact-checking Social Media Content: Dalil’s 3rd webinar The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised its third webinar on Monday 10th of July under “Dalil” project, which is supported by the European Union, in partnership with “Siren” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan. The trainer in the webinar was Samya Ayish, ARIJ communication manager,…
Dalil 2nd webinar: Art of interviewing for fact-checkers and journalists
Dalil 2nd webinar: Art of interviewing for fact-checkers and journalists The “Arab Fact-Checkers Network” (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised on July 3, its second webinar under the Dalil project supported by the EU and in partnership with “Siren” and “Josa”, entitled “The art of interviewing for fact-checkers and journalists”, with the participation of more than…
AFCN Organises its First Dalil Webinar in 2023
AFCN Organises its First Dalil Webinar in 2023 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised its first “Dalil” webinar on Monday 12th of June,which is supported by the European Union, in partnership with “Siren” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan. In this webinar, The OSINT specialist and the digital media trainer “Eoghan Sweeney“,…
AFCN Conducted Physical Safety Clinics for Fact-checkers
AFCN Conducted Physical Safety Clinics for Fact-checkers The “Arab Fact-Checkers Network” led by ARIJ, organised during May 2023, 9 physical safety one-to-one clinics for fact-checkers under the AFCN’s project “Dalil”, which is supported by the European Union, in partnership with “Siren” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan. The Physical safety clinics were conducted by trainer…
AFCN Organises Psychosocial Clinics for Fact-checkers
AFCN Organises Psychosocial Clinics for Fact-checkers March, 2023 As part of its efforts in supporting fact-checkers and providing protection for them, the Arab Fact-checkers Network(AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised during March 2023, 14 psychosocial clinics for 14 fact-checkers from the seven countries targeted under “Dalil’’ project. This project is funded by the European Union, implemented…
AFCN Organised a Roundtable Discussion about Fact-Checking in Jordan
AFCN Organised a Roundtable Discussion about Fact-Checking in Jordan February 27, 2023 The Arab Fact-checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, hosted on a roundtable funded by the European Union – Jordan, on Monday 27 February 2023, 50+ guests from fact-checking organisations/initiatives, freelance fact-checkers, civil society organisations, media organisations, independent journalists, academics and tech startups, at the…
Meeting The Challenges of Information Disorder In The Global South
Resources Meeting the Challenges of Information Disorder in the Global South The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) by ARIJ contributed to the study “Meeting the Challenges of Information Disorder in the Global South” covering the Middle East and North Africa, alongside with teams of independent fact-checkers in Latin America, policy makers in Africa and media education…
Misinformation/Disinformation Policy Paper Launch With FNF
Misinformation/Disinformation Policy Paper Launch With FNF In partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF), ARIJ is launching its policy paper on Combating Disinformation in the Arab World (in both Arabic and English). This session will be dedicated to discussing the findings and moving forward in light of them. Naming the political, psychological and…
International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) and the Code of Principles
and International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) and the Code of Principles Meet IFCN. The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter is committed to promoting excellence in fact-checking. We believe nonpartisan and transparent fact-checking can be a powerful instrument of accountability journalism; conversely, unsourced, or biased fact-checking can increase distrust in the media and experts while…
Fact Checking in a Polarized Egyptian Public Opinion
Fact Checking in a Polarized Egyptian Public Opinion Saheeh Masr In the summer of 1967, Egyptians sat by their radios to listen to Ahmed Said, a broadcaster at “Sawt al-Arab” (voice of the Arabs), as he announced in his baritone voice that the “Egyptian army succeeded in defeating the Israeli army and is now teaching…
