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Dominant misinformation narratives about electric vehicles (EVs) in the Mediterranean include that EVs are unsafe, that climate policies are harmful and that science on EVs is untrustworthy, report by @FaktografHR & @RaskrinkavanjeM finds.
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EU law is clear: disinformation is a systemic risk on major platforms. Yet many have pulled back from tackling it. The new DSA risk assessment shows platforms admit dis- and misinformation threaten democracy, public health, and social cohesion.
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ALT Platforms recognize that disinformation is a big systemic risk. Now they should act accordingly.
The EFCSN is seeking a qualified designer or design agency to produce the layout and design of its 2025 Annual Report. Scope of work, timeline and submission requirements available here: efcsn.com/news/2025-11-26_ca…
📅Deadline: 10 December 2025
ALT Call for Tender: Designa nd Layout of EFCSN Annual Report
The EFCSN is hiring! The EFCSN represents over 60 European organisations, promoting highest standards in fact-checking and media literacy to combat misinformation for the public benefit.
Join our team working toward a healthier information space in Europe.
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ALT The EFCSN is hiring! Members & Community Manager, Communications Manager, Policy Officer
We join over 100 organizations calling on the EU for long-term and sustained investment in free and independent media in the next Multiannual Financial Framework.
Investing in independent media is investing in Europe’s democratic foundation.
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The 66-year old man didn’t take the medication his cardiologist had prescribed. He had heard too many misleading, false or decontextualized things about it…
Health misinformation has real costs. Read how fact-checkers help. efcsn.com/news/2025-10-01_th…
ALT Impact. The real cost of health misinformation and how fact-checkers in Europe work to address it. EFCSN.
Report by our member @veri_fi_cat ahead of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry analyses how the oil industry promotes biofuels using vague, overly optimistic language that can obscure the complexities of these fuels.
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We have released a report analyzing major platforms’ last Code of Practice reports, published in 2025, covering the second half of 2024. The EFCSN is deeply concerned about some signatories’ disengagement from commitments.
Summary and full report: efcsn.com/news/2025-09-11_re…
ALT Ratings for Code of Practice compliance based on platforms' transparency reports covering the second half of 2024
We are proud to announce that the EuroClimateCheck database of climate-related fact-checks has surpassed 1,000 verified articles. 🌍✅
Read more: efcsn.com/news/2025-08-11_eu…
ALT EuroClimateCheck hits 1,000 climate fact-checks
ALT "This database is not just a milestone - it's a foundation for deeper collaboration, smarter responses, and a stronger community of climate-focused fact-checkers." - Jakub Śliz, Project Manager
First-hand insight into some of the challenges of Community Notes on Meta. "As the main line of defense against hoaxes and deliberate liars exploiting our attention, community notes appear -- so far -- nowhere near up to the task."
Give it a read: wapo.st/3IZ1Al1
Who’s afraid of the electric car? A new report by EFCSN members @ScienceFeedback and @Newtral reveals how false narratives are slowing down the green transition in Europe, based in part on data from the EuroClimateCheck database.
Read the report: euroclimatecheck.com/reports…
“ClaimReview enabled Google to expose fact-checked content to over 120 million European Union citizens in the first half of 2024”
Now, Google has removed the fact-checking snippet.
Read EFCSN Chair @cjimenezcruz’s op-ed in @NiemanLab: niemanlab.org/2025/06/google…
EFCSN Chair @cjimenezcruz in a panel at #GlobalFact12 in Rio de Janeiro, where the global fact-checking community comes together to share our triumphs and challenges.
Find the list of speakers from the EFCSN during the conference efcsn.com/news/2025-06-23_ef…
#FactsMatter @factchecknet
ALT Four speakers in front of a sign which reads GlobalFact12. EFCSN Chair Clara Jiménez Cruz on far left.
Several Georgian NGOs, including our member @mdfgeo, have received court orders to hand over sensitive data to the so-called Anti-Corruption Bureau. This is the latest in a series of increasingly repressive measures against civil society.
Statement: efcsn.com/news/2025-06-25_ef…
ALT EFCSN stands with Georgian fact-checkers against attacks on civil society and freedom of expression
EFCSN condemns the proposed “Transparency in Public Life” bill in Hungary, which threatens media freedom and civil society. It would severely impact our member Lakmusz, one of the few fact-checking orgs in Hungary. We urge the EU to act.
Full statement: efcsn.com/news/2025-05-29_ef…
ALT EFCSN condemns proposed foreign agent-type law in Hungary
An example of excellent investigation by @DemagogPL digs into suspicious political advertising from abroad ahead of the Polish elections. Plus, collaboration among our members in a linked investigation into a campaign in Spain by @maldita
Read it here 👇 demagog.org.pl/en/analyses_a…
Read @maldita's article here - maldita.es/investigaciones/2…
This week, some of the EFCSN staff are attending the #CopenhagenDemocracySummit. We're excited to share about how fact-checking and the EFCSN's projects support democracy and freedom of information during this year's theme of In Defence of Democracy. @AoDemocracies
For #WorldPressFreedomDay (3 May), we asked some of our members, what makes them hopeful that press freedom will prevail?
Today we recognise fact-checkers’ work in protecting democracy and defending information integrity.
Congratulations to Tamar, editor-in-chief of one of our member organisations @MythDetector, from Georgia. Well deserved!
📣 We are excited to announce that @DeutscheWelle has named @tamarMDF, MDF's Executive Director, as the recipient of the 11th DW Freedom of Speech Award 👇