Factual Methodology
Factual is a Romanian fact-checking platform, producing fact-checks in Romanian.
Factual uses techniques from journalism and academic research to source-check the content of statements and decisions made in the public sphere, leaving aside motivations, opinions, or desires. The platform operates in accordance with the following principles: impartiality (non-partisanship), transparency and integrity, and it fact-checks using the same evidence-based standards, evaluating statements objectively, regardless of their source.
Read the ethical standards and fact-checking methodology (in Romanian) of Factual here.
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AFP’s fact-checkers seek to investigate dubious claims circulating online which are viral, impactful and potentially harmful to the public. The claims we verify surface in a variety of ways, including on social media platforms, blogs and websites, messaging apps and other forums in the public sphere. (...) We pay particular attention to misinformation that could endanger people's health or lives, damage democratic processes, or promote hate speech and racism. [+]
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The DBKF platform allows users to easily double-check whether a claim, image or video has already been verified by trusted sources, including by whom, when and how, using AI-powered technologies that go way beyond a keyword search. This could be particularly useful for fact-checkers and journalists as part of their verification workflow but also for the critically-thinking people, who are keen to look into the truthfulness of a piece of text or a visual. [+]
