• Priority Area Boosting Fact-checking Activities in Europe
• Funding Round / Action Types 8th Funding Round – Urgent Actions
• Year 2024, 2025
• Country Czech Republic
• Project Status Ongoing

BIC project will help Russian-speaking audiences in the EU, Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine detect and resist disinformation by the Belarusian and Russian media by providing fact-based content.

BIC will provide 11 mini-investigations into disinformation to debunk 55 fake news by Belarusian and Russian media using OCCRP investigative methodology.

In video episodes, BIC will rank the debunked fakes by their relevance to the current news agenda. For at least 1 fake in each episode, BIC will explain the methodology and techniques for identifying and debunking fake news, provide step-by-step guidelines and fact-checking procedures, analyze the fake news, break down its components, and highlight inconsistencies.

BIC will distribute content through YouTube, the website, Meta, and TikTok.

BIC will add debunked fake news to the Belarusian Interactive Catalogue of Fakes on its website.

As an IFCN member, BIC will tag at least 30 fake articles within The ClaimReview project to help search engines prioritize fact-checked content.