Projects

Data from this election project, powered by the CekFacta coalition of fact-checkers, shines a light on the viral trends and narratives encountered throughout the campaign period and during the election.

At the close of Brazil’s 2024 municipal elections, fact-checking agencies noted fewer verification requests from the public than expected.

In concert with our regional partners, Meedan implemented a wide range of tech-enabled crisis-response strategies in Gaza.

Meedan is studying the prevalence of gendered disinformation online and devising strategies for fighting back.

In early 2023, parts of Turkey and Syria were devastated by an earthquake. Find out how Meedan worked with partners on the ground to fill information needs.

Providing timely financial assistance and comprehensive support services.

Collaborative project held during the 2016 U.S. elections to report on voting access. We added 1,200 reports to Check.

Over 100 journalists in Mexico worked to fact-check claims and monitor misinformation about the electoral process.

A team of fact-checkers convened to debunk misinformation ahead of Indian elections and trained more than 350 students.

Journalists at Agence France-Presse had 2,000 conversations with social media users, which led to more than 900 fact-checks published to audiences.

140+ organizations produced more than 1,500 fact-checks that were distributed to audiences and analyzed by academics.

Fact-checkers fielded 335,000 questions and requests collected across four WhatsApp tiplines, hosted by Meedan on Check.

Addressing gendered health misinformation related to Pregnancy and Infant Care, Gender-Affirming Care and Abortion

Local solutions to global problems

In this paper, we discuss claim matching as a possible solution to scale fact-checking.

In 2020, Meedan built on its existing expertise to address public health information needs around the world. Learn about the Health Desk initiative.

A common vocabulary and methodology for content moderation as a toolkit for civil society and platforms alike grappling with these issues.

The NAWA Investigative Fund is our standard open route to funding small projects or investigative works, and has been operating in this way since 2019.

Support during the pandemic

Crisis funding to independent media

The Credibility Coalition brings people together to develop common standards for information credibility.

Developing opt-in approaches for communities to share misinformation on end-to-end encrypted platforms.

Meedan’s 2021-24 research project, in partnership with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, sought to narrow the gap between research into misinformation and responses designed to curb it.

8-part series of reporting and analysis in an effort to map the anatomy of the global COVID-19 information ecosystem.

Making your online experience secure and safe

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Ekta is a consortium of six fact-checking groups in India that came together in early 2021 to address election misinformation in the country.

We are training fact-checkers at all levels on how to responsibly handle health misinformation.

Primer on the history of fact-checking and traditional success metrics of fact-checking initiatives, which largely respond to the attention economy.

We provide funding opportunities for organisations, collectives, journalists and activists as a contribution to their ongoing efforts for advocacy and sustainability.