Faktograf.hr

Faktograf.hr is a non-profit fact-checking media outlet launched in 2015 as a joint co-publishing project of the Croatian Journalists' Association and Gong, a civil society organisation aiming to improve democratic processes and institutions.

Faktograf.hr is currently published by the Association for the Informed Public - Faktograf. Faktograf.hr selects topics and statements to fact-check by following media reports and public discussions on social media; it also tries to respond to fact-checking queries from its readers. The team prioritises topics of public interest and exposes misinformation that endangers public health or serves to manipulate electoral processes.

Faktograf.hr's mission is to fact-check information using reliable sources to evaluate the accuracy of the statements of politicians and publicly relevant political actors, and to prevent unfounded information from gaining the status of fact in the public discourse. The outlet also verifies the accuracy of claims in the digital space.

Faktograf.hr selects topics and statements to fact-check by following media reports and public discussions on social media; it also tries to respond to fact-checking queries from its readers. The team prioritises topics of public interest and exposes misinformation that endangers public health or that serves to manipulate electoral processes.

The media outlet played a significant role during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic caused incorrect and false information to spread among citizens, and Faktograf.hr still runs a live blog dedicated to providing an overview of misinformation about Covid-19.

Faktograf.hr is a member of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an international network of organisations dedicated to fact-checking. Since 2019, Faktograf.hr has been part of Meta's Third-Party Fact-Checking programme.

Faktograf provided assistance to the initiation of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network and in the creation of The SEE Check Network. Faktograf is a signatory of the strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation.

Last updated: May 2023