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Sometimes we all struggle to know whether something is accurate and reliable. So, if in doubt, check it out. Below you will find a list of fact-checking sites that you can visit to read fact-checked stories and a list of ‘de-bunked’ or stories proven to be false.

Below you will find a list of fact-checking sites that you can visit to get the most recently fact-checked stories. There is also a list of recently ‘de-bunked’ or stories proven to be false.

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Fact-Checked: Covid-19 vaccine ‘Q&A’

A Covid-19 vaccine ‘Q&A’ document, circulating online, presents a checklist of claims about the mRNA vaccine, alongside ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answers. FullFact have checked the claims.

View the article at FullFact

Check the Facts

There are many factchecking websites and organisations working hard to help you identify what is accurate and reliable and what is not.

  • FactCheck from The Journal.ie is Ireland’s only verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network Code of Principles, with commitments to non-partisanship, fairness, and transparency

    FactCheck from The Journal

  • FactCheckNI is Northern Ireland’s only verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network Code of Principles, with commitments to non-partisanship, fairness, and transparency.

    FactCheckNI

  • The Poynter Institute also supports fact-checking in a number of ways, including the Politifact website, the Corona Virus Fact Alliance and the Corona Virus Facts Database.

    The Poynter Institute

  • The International Fact Checking Network is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers worldwide by promoting best practices and exchanges in this field, underpinned by a code of principles.

    IFCN

  • The MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network (TFCN) publishes daily fact-checks for teenagers, by teenagers and is a verified signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network’s code of principles.

    MediaWise TFCN

  • Full Fact is a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm that misinformation does

    Full Fact

  • Snopes is the oldest and largest fact-checking site online and labels stories as ‘True’, ‘Mostly, ‘True’, ‘Mixture’, ‘Mostly False’ or ‘False’.

    Snopes

  • iHealthFacts is a Galway-based team doing science-heavy factchecks on COVID-19

    iHealthFacts

Data Platforms

Interrogate the data for yourself.

  • The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control provides situation updates for Europe

    ECDC

  • The Health Protection and Surveillance Centre provides Ireland-specific updates on COVID-19

    The Health Protection and Surveillance Centre

  • The COVID-19 Data Hub is the official hub for COVID-19 statistics in Ireland

    COVID-19 Data Hub

  • COVID-NMA is an international research initiative supported by the WHO and Cochrane. It shows all current trials and studies around COVID-19.

    COVID-NMA

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