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GlobalFact 10 convened to embrace and troubleshoot fact-checking challenges
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Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro (right) reacts to a standing ovation from the crowd of fact-checkers at GlobalFact 10 in Seoul, South Korea, after she talked about the personal attacks she faced while investigating Russian internet trolling operations. At left is moderator Alanna Dvorak, international training manager for the International Fact-Checking Network. (Courtesy)
Last week, fact-checkers from around the world came together for GlobalFact 10 in Seoul, South Korea. More than 500 people attended in person, while more than 1,000 additional attendees joined virtually. All together, 80 different countries were represented.
Hosted by Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network in partnership with SNUFactCheck, the annual event is the largest and most impactful fact-checking summit in the world.
Here’s a sampling of quotes from our keynote speakers:
Finnish journalist and author Jessikka Aro, regarding pro-Russia operatives online: Journalists and fact-checkers “have to expose these operations and bring them to daylight, and also to acknowledge that this warfare exists and to explain it to people. I have been so astonished that there are not so many journalists covering this topic.”
Eun-Ju Lee, professor at Seoul National University: "I have no intention to preach to the choir, but I genuinely believe that the truth will set us free, because when we are bound to nothing but the truth, then we are freed from all the biases, ideological preferences and doctrines."
Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety: “When Twitter banned President Trump’s account, (former German Chancellor) Angela Merkel came out and said that it was a terrifying amount of power for a social media company to have. And I agree with her. I agree that these decisions can’t be taken lightly, and that you have to weigh newsworthiness and public interest against harm reduction. But as we saw in the case of Trump … sometimes you have to promote public safety and prevent the incitement of violence and treat that as a more important value than public interest or newsworthiness.”
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