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CrossCheck Australia: Election Watch 2022

CrossCheck Australia: election watch. Australian news media from across the country meet together in an online newsroom.

Protect your voice: a toolkit for influencers and celebrities in Australia and New Zealand

Our new toolkit aims to help influencers understand and avoid spreading misinformation.

Misinformation markers

We are looking at the new frontiers of misinformation labeling, including tools such as overlays, to help those working on misinformation use labels effectively.

Vaccines and misinformation: get the support you need

First Draft is responding to the threat of vaccine hesitancy with a range of resources for reporters, researchers, policymakers and communication specialists.

Tracking the infodemic

Our editorial series ‘Tracking the infodemic’' explored key issues for disinformation following the pandemic.

Covering Coronavirus: An Online Course For Journalists

This online course gives journalists the practical tools, techniques and advice they need to tackle the infodemic and produce credible coverage on the coronavirus. Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Hindi.

Too much information: a public guide

Designed for the public, ‘Too much information: A guide to navigating the infodemic’ will help everyone have better informed conversations with family and friends about the pandemic.

Live Simulations

High intensity events preparing newsrooms from online threats

CrossCheck: Together, Now.

A global network connecting journalists, academics and technologists in response to the evolving challenges of information disorder.

Verificado.UY

Verificado.UY is an independent coalition collaboratively tackling disinformation in the context of Uruguayan 2019 presidential elections in October 2019.

CrossCheck Europe

CrossCheck Europe’s purpose is to bring together newsrooms, academics and civil society to detect and investigate stories that are gaining prominence across the continent. It is a cross-border response to a cross-border problem.

CrossCheck Australia 2019

Political misinformation is a key concern of Australian voters, who head to the polls on May 18th. CrossCheck Australia is monitoring the Australian federal election by investigating disputed online content during the election and beyond.

Comprobado

Comprobado brings together 16 newsrooms in Spain to collaborate on investigations into disputed information circulating online. Launched in advance of the 2019 general election, the network are continuing to investigate online content and publish their collaborative reports.

CrossCheck Nigeria

CrossCheck Nigeria builds on learnings from previous First Draft collaborative initiatives, including Comprova in Brazil and the award-winning CrossCheck in France, applying the same standards and processes to publish a report.

Comprova

Comprova brought together journalists from 24 different Brazilian media companies to identify and explain rumors, fabricated content and manipulation tactics that might have influenced the 2018 elections.

UK Election Watch

UK Election Watch was a collaboration between First Draft and the fact-checking agency Full Fact and brought together verification and fact-checking specialists to clarify and debunk news surrounding the June 8th snap election in the UK.

CrossCheck France

CrossCheck was a collaborative verification project that brought together 37 newsroom and technology partners to fact-check false, misleading and confusing claims circulating online for French Presidential election in 2017.