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“AI and Fact-Checking” Discussed at ARIJ’s AFCN Regional Meeting

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“AI and Fact-Checking” Discussed at ARIJ’s AFCN Regional Meeting   September 19, 2024 The third regional meeting of the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ in 2024 was held on Thursday, September 19 and attended by 21 fact-checkers representing 19 fact-checking organisations/initiatives in addition to 3 freelance fact-checkers from 12 Arab countries. The meeting focused…

“I Doubt, Therefore I Am” Webinar: How the public contributes to fighting misinformation through the AFCN Chatbot?

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“I Doubt, Therefore I Am” Webinar: How the public contributes to fighting misinformation through the AFCN Chatbot?    September 11, 2024 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ conducted a webinar titled “I Doubt, Therefore I Am”. The webinar featured a live demo of the “AFCN Fact-Checking Chatbot,” a tool that helps the public audience…

Elections Fact-checking

ARIJ’s AFCN supports fact-checking during Arab elections 

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ARIJ’s AFCN supports fact-checking during Arab elections  Amid the upcoming elections in the Arab world, where Jordan, Algeria, Kurdistan Region and Tunisia are preparing to vote in September and October 2024, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ organised a virtual session and a workshop aimed at supporting the efforts of ِArab fact-checking organisations/initiatives in…

Fact-checking elections

Africa Check & AFCN announce a coalition to fact-check Tunisian & Algerian elections 2024 supported by the Google News Initiative

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Africa Check & AFCN announce a coalition to fact-check Tunisian & Algerian elections 2024 supported by the Google News Initiative 26 August, 2024 – Today, Africa Check & the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, announced a new coalition to fact-check news and information about the 2024 Tunisian and Algerian elections between August and…

A fact-checker in an independent Arabic newsroom… Pre-publication fact-checking project by AFCN

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A fact-checker in an independent Arabic newsroom… Pre-publication fact-checking project by AFCN Aiming to enhance the credibility, quality and transparency of Arab media organisations of their content production, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, designed the “Integrating pre-publication fact-checking within media organisations workflow” project in 2024. The winners of the project’s grants were announced…

Go far Go Together AFCN project funded by IFCN

How AFCN built the Strategies of 6 Fact-checking Organizations under the “Go Far, Go Together” Project?

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How AFCN built the Strategies of 6 Fact-checking Organizations under the “Go Far, Go Together” Project? After seven months of work, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, concludes its “Go Far, Go Together” project, supported by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which launched in December 2023 during the ARIJ16 annual forum. The project aimed…

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AFCN & Alfanar organized an In-person Training  for Jordanian Students in Media Literacy and Fact-Checking

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AFCN & Alfanar organized an In-person Training  for Jordanian Students in Media Literacy and Fact-Checking The Arab fact-checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ conducted “Media Literacy and the Basics of Fact-Checking” workshop, in cooperation with AlFanar Media organisation, with the aim of enhancing knowledge and skills that help university students in Jordan to enhance critical thinking…

AFCN 2nd Regional Meeting in 2024: Sharing Resources between the Community June 13, 2024 The Arab Fact-checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ continues to find solutions to the challenges facing its community and strengthen various means of cooperation. In its 2nd regional meeting in 2024, entitled “Sharing resources between fact-checking Organisations/Initiatives,” the meeting concluded by opening channels of cooperation between fact-checking organisations/initiatives, and a set of recommendations for future meetings. During the meeting, that exceeded two hours, and was moderated by media and organisational expert Hassan Shaaban, and was attended by 22 fact-checkers from 14 fact-checking organisations/initiatives and 6 freelance fact-checkers from 10 Arab countries, AFCN manager Saja Mortada, started the discussion by asking about the most important challenges were facing the fact-checkers and and how they solved it during the past three months, exercising the principle of sharing experiences and expertise among the network community. As part of the meeting’s agenda, Jehad Oumer, the executive director of “Annir” a Libyan initiative specialises in fact-checking and digital security, gave a presentation that envisioned how resources could be shared between fact-checking organisations/initiatives. The participants were then given a questionnaire of the most important resources and services that their organisations/initiatives can provide, which were later presented so that each organisation/initiative chose the services it needed, to be linked and communicated together later to provide this support in a free and cooperative manner. AFCN seeks to increase cooperation and create solid communication channels between fact-checking organisations/initiatives within the network community, after successful experiences of international and regional cooperation via the AFCN channel on Slack platform, to combat information disorder related to the war on Gaza. Farhat Khader from Syria, editor-in-chief of the “Fareq” platform, expressed about attending his first regional meeting after their platform partnership with AFCN recently and said “The meeting is important and the presence of a representative from each fact-checking organisation/initiative is very necessary.” He also described the topic of the meeting of sharing resources between organisations/initiatives as “extremely useful and provides continuity to initiatives that lack such expertise.” Hossam Al-Wakeel from Egypt, editor-in-chief of “Tafnied” platform, also added, “The idea of ​​cooperation that was discussed at this meeting is very good. We at Tafnied are ready to continue providing support to all colleagues continuously in any field.” It is worth noting that this is the 2nd meeting organised by AFCN for the year 2024, as the first meeting discussed “how to improve the quality of fact-checking reports and make them more impactful” as part of a series of regional meetings that AFCN began in 2022, on the path of creating a Strong Arab fact-checking community .

AFCN 2nd Regional Meeting in 2024: Sharing Resources between the Community

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AFCN 2nd Regional Meeting in 2024: Sharing Resources between the Community June 13, 2024 The Arab Fact-checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ continues to find solutions to the challenges facing its community and strengthen various means of cooperation. In its 2nd regional meeting in 2024, entitled “Sharing resources between fact-checking Organisations/Initiatives,” the meeting concluded by…