Verificat

Verificat is a fact-checking project created in April 2019 to combat misinformation in Catalonia.[1] Created as an independent non-profit, the project was inspired by the platforms of the Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network,[2] and in 2020 has become a verified signatory of its Code of Principles.[3] Verificat publishes copyleft-licensed content, in order that other journalists can make free use the content they produce.

The platform was founded by journalists Alba Tobella, Carola Solé, Roser Toll, Carina Bellver and Elisa Vivas, together with Lorenzo Marini, before the Barcelona municipal election campaign of 2019.[4] The project has received financial support from the Open Society Foundations in 2019 and 2020.[5]

References
  1. Grego Casanova, ‘Verificat’, la primera plataforma de verificació de dades de Catalunya (“The first data verification platform in Catalonia,” in Catalan), 4 April 2019. Accessed 3 October 2020.
  2. EFE, Cataluña estrena ‘Verificat’, su propia plataforma contra las ‘Fake News’ (“Catalonia launches ‘Verificat’, its own platform to counter ‘Fake News’,” in Spanish), 2 April 2019. Accessed 3 October 2020.
  3. "IFCN Code of Principles". www.ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  4. Neix Verificat, la primera plataforma de ‘fact-checking’ en català (“Verificat founded, the first “fact-checking” platform in Catalan”), 2 April 2019, Barcelona TV channel Betevé. Accessed 3 October 2020.
  5. "Qui som?". www.verificat.cat. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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