Quick-reaction-Fact-checking on TikTok and popular social media

Grantee: Fakenews.pl – Foundation "Counteracting Disinformation" / Grant: 54,858.00
  • Priority Area Boosting Fact-checking Activities in Europe
  • Funding Round / Action Types 1st Funding Round – Urgent Actions
  • Year 2022, 2023
  • Country Poland
  • Project Status Ongoing

TikTok, the new entertainment platform owned by the Chinese Byte Dance, has overtaken Google to become the most popular place on the Internet. Our organization was one of the first to notice the massive flood of disinformation on this platform. So far, it has been widely ignored by the fact-checking community. Our mission is to change it.

Updated on 12 september 2022

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