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Helping the truth catch up: Full Fact, Africa Check and Chequeado turn to research to fight bad information
In this briefing series, Full Fact’s Research Team and partners at Africa Check and Chequeado, draw on the latest academic evidence to expla...
Job scams, fake cures and dodgy photos – a year of fact-checking Facebook in Kenya
Social media can be an open highway for false information. Dancan Bwire and Grace Gichuhi, researchers from our Nairobi office, look back on...
Vetting cancer claims in 2019 – it’s about hope, and working with our critics
Africa Check’s Kenya deputy editor tackled health misinformation all through 2019. Here’s what he took away.
Who are these little boys? Why are they crying? The hunt for a viral Twitter video
A video of two small boys in a martial arts stance, tears running down their faces, has more than 10 million views on Twitter. We tracked it...