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Head of Asia Fact Check Lab shares four evolutionary trajectories of disinformation
The head of a fact-checking body under a United States media company has recently shared his organization’s tips and best practices in debunking fake news during an interview with a Taiwan FactCheck Center Podcast.
Publish Date: 2023-09-13
TFC workshop discusses challenges brought by AI
A workshop co-organized by the Taiwan FactCheck Center and the Association for Quality Journalism on investigative reporting and fact-checking was held on July 29 and 30 to discuss challenges brought by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to fact-checkers.
Aside from the challenges brought by AI, the two...
Publish Date: 2023-09-12
[TFC Disinfo Detector] Foreign Forgeries – an analysis of disinformation tactics leveraging Taiwan’s diplomatic events
Image: Taiwan's Vice President William Lai Ching-te deplanes at Silvio Pettirossi airport in Luque, Paraguay, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/ Top image)
By Wei-Ping Li, Ph.D
Publish Date: 2023-09-04
Introducing TFC Disinfo Detector: Your Guide to Taiwan's Disinformation Landscape
Publish Date: 2023-09-04
Taiwan’s Fact-Checking Ecosystem Makes Impression on International Experts
The Taiwan FactCheck Center (TFC) held the Forum on Fact-Checking in Asia 2023 in Taipei in early July and Taiwan’s own experiences were also highlighted, as one of the panels featured Taiwan’s fact-checking ecosystem.
As Taiwan’s fact-checking and media literacy promoting teams shared their...
Publish Date: 2023-08-30
AI: a double-edged sword for fact-checking
The age of AI has begun; will artificial intelligence be a boon for fact-checking or a bane that makes disinformation ever more difficult to detect? The answer might be both.
Facing new AI-generated tools such as ChatGPT and image generators, fact-checkers from Argentina, Brazil, and Spain, at the...
Publish Date: 2023-08-29
Sowing the Seeds of Fact-checking by Promoting Media Literacy
Media literacy education is necessary but not easy, especially for regions covering various countries and with different languages in use. The rural-urban disparity in access to the internet and information and the age gap can also be barriers for fact-checking groups that strive to improve people’...
Publish Date: 2023-08-12
China factor in media poses different challenges to fact-checking
How fact-checking organizations in the Chinese-speaking region cope with disinformation was a focus of attention of the panel on the China factor on the second day of the Forum on Fact-Checking in Asia 2023. The “China factor” has taken different forms in different societies but made the task of...
Publish Date: 2023-08-09
Fairness, Transparency, and Independence are crucial in fact-checking politicians
Fact-checking claims made by politicians fairly and squarely in a politically polarized society is a necessary but difficult task.
Fact-checking specialists from Argentina, Brazil, and the U.S. shared their experiences and skills in verifying political messages and communicating with the public...
Publish Date: 2023-08-08
