FACT CHECKING WEBSITES

FactCheck.org

FactCheck.org

is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.

TruthOrFiction.com TruthOrFiction.com

is your Email Reality Check. Get the truth about rumours, inspirational stories, virus warnings, hoaxes, scams, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests, calls to action, and other forwarded emails. So basically it covers almost every hoax that lands in your Email Inbox.

Hoax-Slayer Hoax-Slayer

is dedicated to debunking email hoaxes, thwarting Internet scammers, combating spam, and educating web users about email and Internet security issues.

factchecker.in

FactChecker.in is India’s first dedicated Fact Check initiative. Since early 2013, the portal has been scrutinising and researching for veracity and context, statements made by individuals in public life. As well as picking up on issues where it feels there is a strong need to examine data that is in public domain. In February 2014, it decided to spin it off into a separate website.

indiaspend.com

IndiaSpend is the country’s first data journalism initiative. It utilises open data to analyse a range of issues with the broader objective of fostering better governance, transparency and accountability in the Indian government. Founded in late 2011 by Govindraj Ethiraj, a television and print journalist and former Founder Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg TV India, IndiaSpend is rapidly growing to become an ‘agency of record’ .