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Today is International Fact-Checking Day — a day to recognize fact-checking journalists and everyone working to uphold accuracy and truth in our information ecosystem. Since launching this global initiative in 2016, Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has seen firsthand how accurate information strengthens democracies and builds informed communities worldwide.
This work has never been more critical. Yet around the world, fact-checkers face increasing threats to hold the powerful to account. The challenges include political pressures, the shifting priorities on technology platforms, online harassment and funding demands.
Yet, they persevere. And you can stand with them.
This year, IFCN is raising funds to send three exemplary journalists to our 2025 GlobalFact conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This landmark event brings fact-checkers, technology platforms, and civil society leaders together to collaborate, innovate, and find solutions to shared challenges.
Here’s what one journalist said about the impact of GlobalFact:
