What The Fact?
Sorting facts from fiction on key global development, human rights and justice issues
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In a world of extreme inequalities, the spread of hate speech, populism and fake news, the need to check claims, facts and data sources on the global stage is more important than ever.
Aligning with the principles of the International Fact Checking Network, we check claims by influencers, from local to national to transnational that relate to human rights and international human development. Transparent fact checking is a powerful instrument of accountability, and we need your help.
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Does Shell’s carbon capture Quest project contribute to lowering CO2 emissions?
Shell, the global giant of energy and petrochemical industries claims that blue (or fossil) hydrogen produces little or no greenhouse gas emissions. Along with other companies and lobby groups, Shell is encouraging governments to sanction a huge increase in fossil hydrogen production. We checked the facts.
What we learned from fact-checking the Covid-19 infodemic on WhatsApp in Kenya
What’s it like tackling rumours and myths on Whatsapp from Kenya to stop the spread of false information about Covid-19? Kenya editor of Africa Check, Alphonce Shiundu, gives an insider’s account from the first year of the pandemic
COVID vaccines don’t violate the Nuremberg Code. Here’s how to convince the doubters
University of New South Wales researchers and lecturers Holly Seale, Ben Harris-Roxas, and Bridget Haire analyse a recent untruth regarding the Nuremberg Code that has spread online, and introduce the ‘Truth Sandwich’ method
Are greed and capitalism the reason for successful vaccines?
Is corporate greed the reason for Covid-19 vaccine success through pharmaceutical companies rather than public funding? A fact check by Aoife Mc Donald
Factsheet: Violence against women and the ‘Shadow Pandemic’
What’s the ‘Shadow Pandemic’? Has there really been a global surge in gender-based violence against women and girls?
Has only 1% of the 1.3 billion vaccines injected globally been administered in Africa?
What is vaccine inequality all about? ‘What The Fact?’ investigates.
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What The Fact? Fighting hoaxes, fakes and myths on key human rights and human development issues
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