LWV Virginia partnered with Aaraj Vij and Jeremy Swack of VerbaAI to launch Election Facts: a one-stop-shop for fact-checking U.S. election news: verbaai.org/election_facts Aaraj and Jeremy previously directed DisinfoLab, and after years of researching mis/disinformation, now they’re building tools to combat it.
Election Facts has two key components:
- Fact Check Feed: Election Facts monitors relevant reports from leading fact checking organizations that investigate the veracity of political stories. The work of these fact-checking organizations is crucial, and by consolidating their research into one place, we hope to make fact-checking political news easier than ever.
- Misleading Media: This tab contains misleading articles and social media posts that LWV members would like to flag to the public. More details on how you can contribute to this effort are below! Election Facts is live and fully functional without a VerbaAI account. If you would like to customize your news feed further, you can create an account for free.
YOU CAN HELP: If you see misleading media online about the election, please fill out this GOOGLE FORM. Misleading articles and misleading social media posts will be displayed on the Election Facts “Misleading Media” tab.
