FC2:  Fact-Check Fact Checkers

Fact-checking organizations, also known as "fact checkers," play a crucial role in identifying and debunking mis/disinformation to ensure the integrity of the information ecosystem. Despite their importance, however, questions have been raised about how fact-checking is done and how fact checkers operate in general. Some critics have even expressed concerns about potential uncertainty when different fact checkers provide conflicting assessments for the same claim, or whether fact checkers engage in gatekeeping.

The FC2 project @ PIKE aims to answer some of these questions to improve the transparency of fact-checking and fact checkers. The project has several objectives, including:

1. Building a dataset and knowledge graph that encompasses the majority of worldwide fact-checked claims/verdicts, and developing necessary computational methods and tools to do so.

2. Building and maintaining a round-the-clock fact-checking dashboard, similar to JHU's COVID-19 dashboard, and developing necessary computational methods and tools to do so.

3. Studying research questions to improve our understanding of fact-checking and fact checkers, such as how fact checkers fact-check claims similarly or differently, or how fact-checking propagates across regions and languages.

Our investigation is based on the worldwide fact-checking dataset, partially donated from our collaborators including IFCN, Kinit, and SNU FactCheck, and partially collected by our tools.