What The Fact?
Sorting facts from fiction on key global development, human rights and justice issues
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In a world of extreme inequalities, the spread of hate speech, populism and fake news, the need to check claims, facts and data sources on the global stage is more important than ever.
Aligning with the principles of the International Fact Checking Network, we check claims by influencers, from local to national to transnational that relate to human rights and international human development. Transparent fact checking is a powerful instrument of accountability, and we need your help.
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Are greed and capitalism the reason for successful vaccines?
Is corporate greed the reason for Covid-19 vaccine success through pharmaceutical companies rather than public funding? A fact check by Aoife Mc Donald
Factsheet: Violence against women and the ‘Shadow Pandemic’
What’s the ‘Shadow Pandemic’? Has there really been a global surge in gender-based violence against women and girls?
Has only 1% of the 1.3 billion vaccines injected globally been administered in Africa?
What is vaccine inequality all about? ‘What The Fact?’ investigates.
Bust Covid-19 myths and flatten the infodemic curve
In the centre of the battle over reliable information and the Covid-19 ‘infodemic’, the World Health Organization released an update to its mythbusters advice to the public. Take a look.
Health misinformation: How we can push back on conspiracies and unverified advice during a crisis
Dora-Olivia Vicol explores the findings from recent research about health misinformation and Covid-19 by fact-checkers Africa Check, Full Fact and Chequeado
Is the Black Lives Matter movement coordinating and supporting violent protests across the United States?
Are those involved in Black Lives Matter hijacking peaceful protests and turning them into vicious, brutal riots, as claimed by conservative leaders (and their supporters) in the US? ‘What The Fact?’ investigates.
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What The Fact? Fighting hoaxes, fakes and myths on key human rights and human development issues
In a digital world packed with fake news and fact checkers, is there a need for another one?