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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
TFC weekly monitoring report, Jun 5- 11, 2023: A week of health-related rumors
Misinformation circulated in the past week mainly revolved around the pandemic, scams, health, and daily life. These types of messages pique people's curiosity and are often shared widely, but they are misleading and cause unnecessary worry.
Publish Date: 2023-06-14
