Latam Chequea, a network of news outlets from 21 countries, warns that shrinking support for fact-checkers, the rise of AI, and anti-media laws are creating a “perfect storm.” They call for collaboration with tech companies and urgent action from governments.
At a global gathering of fact-checkers in Rio, top Brazilian authorities warned that unchecked digital platforms are reshaping public debate in ways that threaten democratic norms. Their remarks shed light on the legal and political reasoning behind Brazil’s push to regulate online disinformation.
With Meta ending fact-checking and X favoring allies, fact-checkers at ISOJ discuss new ways to counter disinformation and reach audiences.
While authoritarian leaders in Latin America discredit media funded by US entities, journalists argue that these funds do not dictate their agendas, but rather support informative work in repressive contexts.
A recent survey found that 35% of Brazilians believe there was fraud in the 2022 elections. Journalists tell how they provide critical coverage of the electronic voting machine, the target of misinformation campaigns.
We talked to some of Brazil’s top journalists about the ban on X. Many are relieved, but one reports: “There's a gap in coverage that I don't know how to fill.”
Members of the organizing committee explain the main thematic axes of this bilingual event on how disinformation is spread and journalism efforts to combat it.
People from 21 countries played a game to identify whether information was true or false. Researchers say Colombians and Brazilians had the hardest time telling when it wasn't true.
Disinformation campaigns that target women and LGBTQIA+ people are a global problem that are becoming more frequent in Latin America.
Deepfakes are the tool of the moment for spreading electoral disinformation. Regulation attempts to prevent candidates from using them, but content monitoring is limited. Therefore, collaboration between the public and journalists is essential to identify disinformation that targets candidates in Brazil's municipal elections.
Colombia’s El Tiempo and Puerto Rico’s El Nuevo Día recently got a nod from the Trust Project, an international consortium for accountability and transparency in newsrooms worldwide.
Factchequeado, a U.S. initiative from Chequeado and Maldita.es, is betting on projects that include an interactive course on WhatsApp and a bilingual guide for journalists, to try to shield Spanish-speaking communities in that country from misinformation ahead of presidential elections on Nov. 5.