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Fact-checks
The TFCN publishes fact-checks across social media. Check out our YouTube series, ‘Is This Legit?’
The MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network is a virtual newsroom made up of middle and high schoolers who use social media to debunk viral misinformation and share media literacy tips. The TFCN, which pairs media literacy tips with fact-checks, has been a verified signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network’s code of principles since 2020. Through a partnership with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs launched in 2022, millions of teachers throughout the U.S. can access lesson plans based on the work of MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network.
The TFCN publishes fact-checks across social media. Check out our YouTube series, ‘Is This Legit?’
MediaWise and PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs offer free lesson plans for any teacher based on Teen Fact-Checking Network Videos.
MediaWise maintains five pillars of editorial standards that all content must adhere to.
Poynter partners with MediaSmarts to launch the Teen Fact-Checking Network in English and French
Poynter partners with Verificat and Mobile World Capital Barcelona to expand the peer-to-peer network in Europe.
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