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The Promise and Pitfalls of Fact-checking in 2022

Michelle Amazeen
Michelle Amazeen
Published on February 4, 2024
Topics:
  • Climate
  • Misinformation
  • Social Media

Given the evolution and growth of fact-checking around the globe, practitioners and academics have been gathering with increasing frequency to discuss the state of the enterprise. The continued interest in fact-checking suggests periodic updates on how the practice is evolving has merit. The present article is one such effort which briefly addresses the origins of fact-checking followed by an examination of some of the challenges and opportunities facing the enterprise.

Publication: Science and Society: Journal of Political and Moral Theory

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