Freedom of expression includes the right to know. @politico.eu reports that The Trump administration is circulating a draft UN declaration on "freedom of expression" ahead of a proposed signing at the UN General Assembly side event in September.

EFCSN statement on the proposed UN declaration: Freedom of expression includes the right to know – European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)

21 July 2026 – The United States government is circulating a draft joint declaration on “freedom of expression” that it...

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The EU's 2nd DSA systemic risks report is out, and disinformation is named a recurring threat to elections, health & people's wallets. EFCSN evidence is cited in 3 chapters: efcsn.com/policy/2nd-d... #DigitalServicesAct #DSA #Disinformation #FactChecking #PlatformAccountability

We're one week out from #GlobalFact2026, and we sat down with one of the keynote speakers: @janelytv.bsky.social, senior technology reporter at @nbcnews.com and veteran misinformation investigator. Her take on the current state of the field is worth a read: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...

Veteran reporter Jane Lytvynenko discusses the skills reporters need for OSINT, Telegram reporting - Poynter

Lytvynenko will speak at this year's GlobalFact conference in Lithuania

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Three EFCSN members are finalists at this year's Global Fact-Checking Awards. Maldita.es, @newtral.es and Pravda are all in the running across categories covering collaboration, creative format and impact.

EFCSN coordinator Stephan will bepart of the upcoming Global Summit on Disinformation. On Wednesday, May 27 at 19:00 CEST, he will lead a 15-minute deep dive into the intersection of AI, media trust, and the fight against disinformation, followed by a live Q&A.

We've contributed a comment to Meta's Oversight Board on a case involving an AI-generated video of a Hungarian politician, posted during the 2026 election campaign.

EFCSN Contributes Comment to Meta's Oversight Board on AI-Generated Video of Hungarian Politician – European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)

EFCSN contributes a public comment to Meta's Oversight Board on AI-generated political content, labelling standards, and platform accountability in the EU.

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@eurofactcheck.bsky.social is heading to #Vilnius🇱🇹 We are co-organizing #GlobalFact2026 w/ @factchecknet.bsky.social, Delfi, and LRT, the annual fact-checking summit taking place June 17-19 alongside the International Investigative Journalism Festival.

Last days to apply to the Project Round of the VI Global Summit on Disinformation Applications are open until May 2 (11:59 PM UTC-3). We are looking for initiatives addressing disinformation related to Climate Change and Health.

A new white paper from the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN - @eurofactcheck.bsky.social), titled "The Great Retreat: How Platforms Deprioritised Information Integrity and What to Do About It", highlights a concerning shift.

🚀4 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄! Independent fact-checking is the cornerstone of a resilient democracy. Today, the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) is proud to announce four new grant opportunities to empower fact-checkers across the continent:

#Factchecking is an 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵. Professional fact-checking adds verified context to public debate, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 to reach their own 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

Misinformation doesn't speak just one language, and a "𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀-𝗮𝗹𝗹" rollout cannot account for global linguistic diversity.

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The Oversight Board has outlined human rights factors to guide Meta's expansion of community notes. www.oversightboard.com/news/board-p...

#Meta’s @oversightboard.bsky.social has just published an opinion outlining the potential #humanright impacts of Meta’s plan to expand #communitynotes outside the United States.The verdict is clear: 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

In a new guest contribution for Tech Policy Press, European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) Coordinator Stephan Mündges explains why professional #factchecking and #communitynotes should work together to protect information integrity in the EU.

Democracy needs facts, but Europe’s info safety is in decline. The @eurofactcheck White Paper is out now, detailing the Great Retreat: How Platforms Deprioritized Information Integrity and What to Do About It, The situation is bad, but we can fix it. Read more: efcsn.com/news/2026-...

GlobalFact is where the fact-checking world convenes. #GlobalFact2026 takes place June 17-19 in Vilnius, Lithuania. 🎟️ Registration is officially OPEN. Stay tuned for speaker announcements and the full agenda in the coming months. eurofactcheck-efcsn.short.gy/GF2026

Marking our fourth year in Brussels, we are grateful to our co-organizers at @edmo-eu.bsky.social eu.bsky.social, @europarl.europa.eu, and the @ec.europa.eu, our fact-checking community members and partners who continue to build this ecosystem as we evolve.

The last session of the joint conference focused on the #AI revolution. While AI-generated content and #deepfakes make high-volume #misinformation easier than ever to produce, these same technologies are providing #factcheckers with the scale needed to protect the public record. Key Insights ⬇️

Opening the #DSA enforcement panel at #DemocracyMattersFactsMatters2026, Marie Bohner (@afp.com) highlighted the high-stakes reality of this new regulatory era. We're seeing a shift toward hard accountability, where oversight moves from voluntary codes to legally binding rules w/ real consequences:

Russia pours billions into its disinformation apparatus, while Europe’s defense mechanisms are underfunded. At the #DemocracyMattersFactsMatter2026 joint conference, we focused on long-term resilience for the fact-checking community.

The fact-checking community defends #freedomofspeech and #informationintegrity; the public has the right to access fact-based information so that democratic debate and elections rest on a shared foundation of facts.

𝘐𝘴 "𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥" 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 In the session "Protecting Facts, Shielding Democracy," EP Vice-President Roberts Zīle (ECR)&MEP Mika Aaltola (EPP) joined EU Commission and civil society representatives to evaluate the EuropeanDemocracyShield.

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 The joint conference, #DemocracyMattersFactsMatter2026 on information integrity, organised by the European Parliament, the @eurofactcheck.bsky.social and @edmo-eu.bsky.social, opened in Brussels.