The EU requires online platforms to counter "harmful misinformation" but no system is agreed to decide what is and is not "harmful". In 2024, three fact-checking organisations ran a trial of a new mod...
Angie Drobnic Holan
Angie Drobnic Holan is director of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an organization based at the Poynter Institute devoted to supporting fact-checking journalism and promoting information integrity around the world. The network administers the IFCN Code of Principles, a set of best practices for fact-checkers concerning accuracy, methodology, transparency and independence.
From 2013 to 2023, she was editor-in-chief of PolitiFact and was a reporter on its Pulitzer Prize-winning team that fact-checked the 2008 U.S. presidential election. She holds master’s degrees in both journalism and library science, and she was a 2023 Nieman fellow at Harvard University. She is based in Washington, D.C.
The evolution of the censorship narrative: challenges and threats facing fact-checkers in recent years
In recent years, fact-checking organizations have found themselves at the intersection of disinformation campaigns, political pressure, and public mistrust. Framed alternately as "saviors of truth" an...
