AFCN & ARIJ’s Regional Meetings Summary
The Road to Building an Arab Fact-Checking Community
Competitive Call from ARIJ’s AFCN and FPU
Competitive Call from ARIJ’s AFCN and FPU September 28, 2023 Free Press Unlimited (FPU), in collaboration with Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), is implementing a programme called “Core Support for Independent Media in the Southern Neighborhood” funded by the European Union from 2021 to 2026. The main objective…
ARIJ’s AFCN Fact Lab: A new fact-checking project supported by GNI
ARIJ’s AFCN Fact Lab: A new fact-checking project supported by GNI September 28, 2023 In commemoration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, ARIJ‘s Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) proudly announces its partnership with Google News Initiative, to launch the “AFCN FactLab” project starting Sep 2023 and implement it on the ground in 10+…
AFCN Chatbot on WhatsApp to verity news, photos and videos.
Users can send any claim by WhatsApp and receive the answer to their request within 72 hours from professional fact-checkers
Car Accidents tool
منصة بيانات عن حوادث السير في لبنان والأردن وفلسطين والعراق
AFCN organised its first regional meeting in 2022
AFCN organised its first regional meeting in 2022 7/2/2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) by ARIJ organised its first regional meeting, which included 18 fact-checking organisations/initiatives and some freelance fact-checkers from more than 10 Arabic countries. For the first time they gathered in a closed meeting to discuss the first draft of the network’s…
AFCN Organises its First Fact-checking Workshop in Beirut
AFCN Organises its First Fact-checking Workshop in Beirut January 20, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ held a four-days workshop in Beirut, on “Pre and Post-publication Fact-Checking” ahead of the Parliamentary Elections, between January 17-20, 2022, within the project “Sa7” which is part of the regional program “Qarib”, implemented by the…
#SA7 1st webinar: 4 fact-checking organisations discussed the project’s objectives
#SA7 project’s 1st webinar: 4 fact-checking organisations discussed the project’s objectives 11 January 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), led by the ARIJ, hosted the first webinar of the Sa7 Project on January 11, 2022, with over 190 participants via Zoom and 1,100 viewers on Facebook, under the title “Sa7 Project: towards building…
AFCN organized a political fact-checking workshop ahead of ARIJ21 forum
AFCN organized a political fact-checking workshop ahead of ARIJ21 forum December 5, 2021 On the sidelines of the #ARIJ21 annual forum, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), held a Political fact-checking physical workshop, lasting for 3 days from 30 November to 2 December 2021, supported by the Norwegian Association for Critical and Investigative Press SKUP. …
Sa7… ARIJ & AFCN new project supported by CFI
Sa7… ARIJ & AFCN new project supported by CFI December 3, 2021- The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, launches its new project entitled “Sa7”, with the support of the “Qarib” regional programme implemented by the French Media Development Agency (CFI) and funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), With the aim of…