ARIJ’s AFCN Celebrates IFCD 2025 with an Impactful Campaign
The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, highlighted the International Fact-Checking Day on April 2nd with a three-day campaign highlighting the network’s impact on combating misinformation in the Arab world. The campaign, “AFCN Impact: A Community Driving Change,” ran from April 1st to 3rd under the hashtag #دقق_بالعربي, showcasing AFCN’s achievements and the work of its community of 36 organizations and over 300 fact-checkers.
Key Activities and Announcements:
AFCN Chatbot: The Chatbot has successfully verified over 2070 pieces of content in 2 years.
🎥 Introducing the AFCN Chatbot: Fighting Misinformation Together! 🤖
— Arab Fact Checkers Network (@ArabFCNetwork) April 1, 2025
Over the past two years, #AFCN Chatbot has played a crucial role in fact-checking and combating misinformation across various topics. From conflict-related claims to political and social issues, AI technology… pic.twitter.com/8bujnYaU62
Localized AI Tools: AFCN showcased the localization of Full Fact AI tools into Arabic, making it available to fact checking organizations like Tafnied and TuniFact for monitoring, claim detection, and video transcription. These tools significantly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of fact-checking efforts in the Arab world.
How do @tafnied and @TuniFactTn benefit from Full Fact AI tools in Arabic for fact-checking? 🔍
— Arab Fact Checkers Network (@ArabFCNetwork) April 1, 2025
In this video, we explore some of the amazing features these tools offer, benefiting more than 15 fact-checking organizations in the Arab world🌍✅
We are proud of our partnership… pic.twitter.com/HCJQMnVNp2
Fact-Checking Workshops: Registration opened for two workshops on the fundamentals of fact-checking, open to all interested individuals across the Arab world.
Grant for Fact-Checking Organizations: AFCN announced a grant to support fact-checking organizations as part of the “Sa7” project.
Live Broadcast: Three fact-checkers shared their experiences and discussed opportunities and challenges in the field during an Instagram live broadcast on April 2nd.
The campaign saw widespread engagement from fact-checkers, journalists, and media organizations collaborating with AFCN. Participants shared achievements, educational posts, and visual content to raise public awareness about fact-checking and its impact under the hashtag #دقق_بالعربي on various social media platforms (X, Instagram, Facebook).
It is worth noting that this is the fourth consecutive campaign by ARIJ’s AFCN demonstrating the network’s significant impact in combating information disorder across the Arab region through its initiatives and the collaborative efforts of its community.
