ARIJ’s AFCN Supports Sustainability of 9 Fact-Checking Organizations in 2025 January 4, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ announced during its annual campaign on April 2, 2025 (International Fact-Checking Day), the launch of the second round of its competitive “SA7” project sub-grant. This comes amid the escalating challenges and political changes sweeping the…
ARIJ’s AFCN held its final 2025 Regional Meeting In-Person in Amman December 5, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, held its fourth regional in person meeting for 2025 in Amman, Jordan as part of the 18th ARIJ Annual Forum. The meeting aimed to review AFCN’s milestones over the past five years and define…
ARIJ Concludes the 2nd Edition of its 2025 Fact-Checking Diploma 20 November 2025 ARIJ’s AFCN has concluded the second edition of the ARIJ Fact-Checking Diploma 2025, a program designed to strengthen the capacities of journalists and fact-checkers to produce accurate, ethical, and evidence-based content, and to apply professional fact-checking standards that enhance transparency and…
ARIJ’s AFCN in Brazil Marks the Conclusion of a 3-Year Global South Study on Information Disorder October 14, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ concluded its participation in the final meeting of the “Information Disorder in the Global South” research consortium, held in São Paulo, Brazil, from October 12 to 14, 2025.…
ARIJ’s AFCN Concludes “Masar” Project October 1, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), from ARIJ, concluded the “Masar” project, which ran from October 2024 to September 2025 with the support of “Meta,” achieving its goals in enhancing fact-checking capabilities in the Arab world and combating information disorder. The project aimed to elevate the…
AFCN’s 3rd Regional Meeting of 2025: Improving Methodologies and Claim Selection September 23, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, held its third regional meeting of 2025 on Tuesday, September 23. The event brought together over 50 fact-checkers representing 23 organizations from 13 Arab countries to advance fact-checking methodologies, enhance the quality of reports,…
ARIJ’s AFCN at GlobalFact12 in Brazil Rio de Janeiro, June 28, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, took part in the 12th Global Fact-Checking Summit (#GlobalFact12), organized by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) from June 25 to 27, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The summit brought together over 300 fact-checkers…
AFCN FactLab 2025: 170+ Trainees in Pre- & Post-Publication Fact-checking Workshops June 1,2025 ARIJ’s Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) conducted two workshops, lasting 10 training hours and targeting over 170 journalists, university students, and many who were interested in the field of fact-checking. The first workshop, held on May 4, 2025 and attended by 100+…
AFCN 2nd Regional Meeting in 2025: Enhancing the Sustainability of Fact-Checking Organizations May 20, 2025 Amidst the rapid transformations witnessed in 2025, from changes in the policies of technology companies and social media platforms towards the field of fact-checking, to the cessation of American fund provided through USAID to Non-govermental organizations globally and its direct…
AI in Fact-Checking: An Intensive Training within “Masar” Program 13 May 2025 Under the theme “AI and Fact-Checking… How Can We Integrate It into Our Daily Work?”, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, concluded an intensive nine-hour training held from May 11 to 13, 2025, focused on exploring how AI tools can be utilized…
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