Fact-checkers Starter Pack
All things fact-checking, misinformation and media literacy.
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@seanadavis.bsky.social
@edmo-belux.bsky.social
EDMO BELUX is your trusted platform for monitoring, analysing, and mitigating disinformation, and promoting media literacy in Belgium and Luxembourg
@rod-dacombe.bsky.social
Head of the Department of Political Economy at KCL. Conspiracy theories and democracy. Former 🚒🚑
@marishagoldhamer.bsky.social
Head of digital investigation for North America at AFP Swim mom 🏊🏻♂️
@biancabritton.bsky.social
Creative Senior Editor, BBC Verify at BBC News. Previously NBC News and CNN London bureaux. instagram.com/biancabritton.bbcnews
@richib.bsky.social
Portfolio: https://www.clippings.me/users/richardirvinebrown Journo. BBC Verify. Digital investigative journalism since 2014, cars/money data before, BBC Sport 2007-2011.
@emmalbriant.bsky.social
International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof, University of Notre Dame; Fellow, Bard College, US; Associate @ U of Cambridge, UK; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Speaker; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕
@nickvant.bsky.social
London-based fact-checking producer at @reuters.com 📝 Focused on mis- and disinformation, online narratives, social media, AI, OSINT 👨🏻💻 Ex-researcher @ M&C Saatchi World Services. KCL War Studies grad (MA Int’l Conflict Studies) Views my own.
@dorienvanmeldert.bsky.social
Journalist @VRT NWS Social media📱 Scams 🕵️ Factchecks ✅
@sciencefeedback-fr.bsky.social
https://science.feedback.org/fr/ @sciencefeedback.bsky.social est une publication qui vérifie la crédibilité des informations influentes dans des domaines sujets aux malentendus, comme le changement climatique et la santé.
@medialiteracynow.bsky.social
We inform & drive policy change at local, state, & national levels in the U.S. to ensure all K-12 students are taught #MediaLiteracy so that they become healthy, confident, and competent media consumers and creators. https://medialiteracynow.org/
@opheliedm.bsky.social
Freelance bilingual journalist based in Quebec. Trans. Views are my own. Contributed to The Rover, Pivot, Le Devoir and more. Former fact-checker & researcher, Lead Stories. I also published essays and poetry.
@susanmini.bsky.social
I write newsletters @ The News Literacy Project. Mama to one 👦🏼. Former journo: susanmini.com I’m also a: 🍲 Thai foodie 🌸 gardener 🐶 dog lover 📚 library nerd
@themisterlibrary.bsky.social
'25 SLJ Librarian of the Year 🎉 '24 LJ Mover & Shaker 🎉 '23 Nat’l Media Literacy Teacher 🎉 '22 KY Librarian of the Year 🎉 Second City Alum 🎉 Co-Owner of nimcoinc.com 🎉 Book out Oct '25 linktr.ee/misterlibrary #Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #BookSky
@facts.reuters.com
@kjablonowski.bsky.social
Journalist and fact-checker based in Warsaw, Poland; writing on #disinformation, #propaganda.
@stephanieburnett.bsky.social
@corybe.com
Cofounder/product+news at @factal.com. Journalist entrepreneur, gen AI nerd, OSINT. Former Breaking News, NBC News. Seattle
@aoifegall.bsky.social
Senior analyst @ISDGlobal. Previously, Investigations @Storyful. Extremism, conspiracy theories, mis/disinfo. Author of Web Of Lies: The Lure and Danger of Conspiracy Theories. https://linktr.ee/aoifegall
@jonathanbmathew.bsky.social
Information Integrity. Digital news. Internet Restoring context and facts to online news with Reuters Views = my own
@matthewfacciani.bsky.social
Social Scientist @NotreDame. Studies misinformation, media literacy, & AI. Author of Misguided: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/misguided/9780231555814/ https://matthewfacciani.substack.com www.matthewfacciani.com
@commscholar.bsky.social
Associate Dean, Research, College of Communication Associate Professor of #MassCommunication, Director, #Communication Research Center, #BostonUniversity Studying #persuasion, #misinformation, & blurred lines between #advertising, #journalism & #politics
@2dogs0waiting.bsky.social
Managing editor @LeadStories.com, Beating skull against wall since '85 as a reporter, editor, author, prof and spox for Local #3 Union of Inkstained Wretches. Gratuitous dog content is not something I am working to fix.
@irhnatiuk.bsky.social
Fact-checker at Logically Facts Focused on geopolitics, health misinformation, and conspiracies
@sirichr.bsky.social
Journalist and fact-checker at Logically Facts, previously at SVT & Citywire 🇸🇪🤖
@davidmacredmond.bsky.social
Journalist working in The Journal’s FactCheck unit. @thejournal.ie @factcheck.thejournal.ie factchecking.ie
@factcheck.thejournal.ie
A project by @thejournal.ie to tackle misinformation in Ireland. Heard something dodgy? Email factcheck@thejournal.ie or WhatsApp us on +353 83 876 0971.
@rizviuzair.bsky.social
Head Media Literacy & Training @logicallyfacts.com Led the World’s Biggest Election Fact-Checking Initiative (Project Shakti) supported by Google in India. Ex @afpnews.bsky.social #misinformation #factchecking #verification #AI #osint #medialiteracy
@wolffrance.bsky.social
Journalist & factchecker Knack.be | Climate, data and disinformation | contact: wolf.france@knack.be
@lydmorrish.bsky.social
Free-range journalist aka sense maker of the weird wide web | tech, digital investigations, internet culture, disinformation, big tech, AI, content, rules & regs etc 💻🖊️🌐🎥🎙️🌀💋 4 @Reuters, @WIRED, @CNN & others https://bio.site/lydiamorrish
@antibot4navalny.bsky.social
Exposing troll farms: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 and beyond Cited by: @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @financialtimes.com @CNN.com @Wired.com @afpfactuel.bsky.social @LeMonde.fr @SZde.bsky.social @TheTimes.com @NBCnews.com @EFE.com 𝕏 / 🐦: antibot4navalny
@bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social
Senior journalist for BBC News reporting on climate change disinformation. Investigations for #BBCVerify 🔎
@sciencefeedback.bsky.social
Scientists sorting fact from fiction in scientific media coverage. ➡️ science.feedback.org French account: @sciencefeedback-fr.bsky.social
@evapunkt.bsky.social
Journalistin | berichtet über Desinformation | Verifikation für ORF defacto | davor Ressortleiterin AFP Faktencheck
@hoaxeye.bsky.social
Hoax fighter and fact finder. Main tools: reverse image search and coffee. Operated by Janne Ahlberg Website: https://hoaxeye.wordpress.com
@gary-munnelly.bsky.social
Academic with the Adapt Centre in Trinity College Dublin. Currently applying what I know towards tackling disinformation and hate speech online. Also the guy behind Fourteen Screws. 🔗 linkedin.com/in/gary-munnelly-111bb919 🔗 fourteenscrews.com
@hebecampbell.bsky.social
Video Journalist and Presenter at The Independent. Covering disinformation/social media.
@randomdebunk.bsky.social
Je combats la désinformation et les ingérences étrangères. https://linktr.ee/randomosint
@janelytv.bsky.social
Reporting for WSJ in Kyiv. Previously BuzzFeed News, Harvard Shorenstein Center. Osint, investigations, sometimes disinformation.
@melissagoldin.bsky.social
News Verification Reporter and Editor @apnews.com Previously: @newsguard.bsky.social | mgoldin@ap.org apnews.com/ap-fact-check melissagoldin.com
@pcunliffejones.bsky.social
Information effects at Facts Matter Research | visiting researcher at Uni Westminster | founder africacheck.org | Pre-order “Fake news - what’s the harm?” print or free e-book from June 2025: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/3197xq21t?locale=en
@anujchopra.bsky.social
Disinformation correspondent, AFP. Based in Washington D.C. Past lives: New York, Riyadh, Kabul, Hong Kong, Pune. Ex-Knight Bagehot and Dart Center Ochberg Fellow at Columbia University. Scoops, food recs? anuj.chopra@afp.com
@factcheckni.bsky.social
FactCheckNI is Northern Ireland’s first and only dedicated not for profit fact checking and training service. Accuracy matters.
@aapfactcheck.bsky.social
Checking misinformation by public figures and on social media. IFCN signatory and Meta fact-checking partner.
@cward1e.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Dept of Communication, Cornell University. Bit partial to information ecosystems.
@lorenamjz.bsky.social
Journalist. Head of Editorial Operations in UK & EU @logicallyfacts
@disinfo.eu
Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
@vera-ai.bsky.social
VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence. Research project co-funded by HorizonEU. Makers of InVID-WeVerify-vera.ai verification plugin, plus much more! Focus: countering disinformation. Here: project owners’ views. https://www.veraai.eu/home
@fullfact.org
Bad information ruins lives. We're a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm it does. #FactsMatter www.fullfact.org
@stuartathompson.bsky.social
Reporter @nytimes.com. I cover the ~internet~ and report on digital influence operations, AI, far-right politics and lots more
@jospang.bsky.social
Human(e) Dep Head Deutsche Welle Research & Coop Into:politics-journalism-media-innovation-disinfo-verification-OSINT-IT-human rights Lecturer: Free University Berlin - Media & Comm Studies; Lie Detectors Boards: EDMO, CEDMO, GADMO https://about.me/jospang
@jphillll.bsky.social
Earthseed | Abolition | Anti-capitalism Read my writing, if you want 👇🏻 www.jphilll.com
@theondrakguy.bsky.social
Cultural intelligence, OSINT & digital policy ¦ human-digital flows; digital narratology; semantic threats; cognitohazards; extremism ¦ PhD on horror; creepypasta; digital fictions & how they shape our collective online experience.
@ngamita.bsky.social
researcher studying influence ops & surveillance; open source, human rights, privacy & pro-democracy tech. lead: @thraets.org advisor: digitaldemocracyinitiative.net
@dpfunke.bsky.social
🔎 Head of digital investigation for Asia-Pacific at @afpnews.bsky.social • Past lives: USA Today, PolitiFact, Poynter factcheck.afp.com
@afpfactcheck.bsky.social
Fact-checking by AFP News Agency. Official account of the world's biggest news fact-checking network. Also on Instagram: @AFPFactCheck Help us fight misinformation https://factcheck.afp.com/contact
@mrdudders.bsky.social
AI and misinformation work for Full Fact Long term fan of the web
@chelsorelse.bsky.social
Editor. Writer. Producer. All-around newshound. Breaking news survivor. Senior editor/International Teams Manager at Lead Stories (@leadstories.bsky.social) Just the facts, please.
@ncmattrossie.bsky.social
Client Ops - Logically Facts | formerly North Carolina, currently Ireland | Opinions mine
@marcowenjones.bsky.social
Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
@sohandsouza.info
🥼 @MPIB-Berlin.bsky.social; 📚 computational social science, disinformation/polarization, crowdsourcing, OSINT; 🎓 @MITOfficial.bsky.social @MediaLab.bsky.social, @DFRLab.bsky.social #DigitalSherlocks; 📍 London, England; https://www.sohandsouza.info
@rothschildmd.bsky.social
Conspiracy theory journalist, expert witness, author of JEWISH SPACE LASERS and THE STORM IS UPON US. "Little chicken-neck guy" - Alex Jones. Contact: rothschildmd@protonmail.com. Website: TheMikeRothschild.com.
@marklittle.bsky.social
Journalist entrepreneur. Talking media/tech/democracy. Founded Storyful. Co-founded Kinzen. Worked Spotify & Twitter. Ex-foreign correspondent 🇮🇪
@jaskiratsb.bsky.social
Global Head of Editorial Operations at @logicallyfacts.bsky.social (counter-misinformation, fact-checking, media literacy). Also. News Junkie 🗞 | Caffeine Addict ☕️ | Motorcycle Something 🏍 | Pop Culture Trivia Geek 🤓 | Shutterbug 📷 | LLAP 🖖
@leadstories.com
Fact checking site looking at the most trending hoaxes on the Internet. https://leadstories.com
@ninajankowicz.com
☀️ CEO, @americansunlight.org 🙅🏻♀️ Author, disinformation expert, advocate for targets of online abuse. 😆 Tucker Carlson once called me a “highly self confident young woman” and meant it as an insult
@neilsanderssdcic.bsky.social
Host of Some Dare Call It Conspiracy Podcast www.somedarecallitconspiracy.com Likes punk rock, crust punk, black metal, golden era hip hop, The Cure, Skinny Puppy and the Beach Boys. Withnail and I, American Psycho, Glengarry Glen Ross.
@leguape.bsky.social
Equal opportunities verificator of stuff (just don't call it OSINT near me) since 2010. Would rather be riding a bike. Low key Puglian tourism & alcohol free drinks influencer.
@waltmossberg.bsky.social
Now: News Literacy Project. Then: WSJ tech columnist, AllThingsD, Recode, D & Code conferences, Verge, CTRL-WALT-DELETE. Opinions are purely personal.
@brentlee.bsky.social
Host / Producer of Some Dare Call It Conspiracy podcast. Former conspiracist turned debunker. Now that I debunk conspiracy theories, I have become an actual conspiracy theory. True story.
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Democracy isn't dead, it just smells funny.
@timetodiscover.bsky.social
Journalistin bei correctiv.org/faktencheck | Porträt von Ivo Mayr Hier privat mit den Themen: Faktencheck, Osint, Medienkompetenz, Telegram, Kambodscha und Frankreich
@mxbernhard.bsky.social
journalist on correctiv’s fact-checking teamㅣDowJones & WSJ alumㅣprevious work Lighthouse Reports, DW, Guardian, Wired and othersㅣOSINT, disinformation
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@peteradams.bsky.social
Head of research & design at the News Literacy Project. newslit.org RumorGuard.org Checkology.org
@logicallyfacts.com
An IFCN-certified, global and multilingual initiative to uncover misleading and deceptive online discourse. http://logicallyfacts.com/en/
@tessowen.bsky.social
Words in New Yorker, NY Mag, WIRED, Guardian & more. VICE News alum. Reporting on extremism, disinfo, subcultures etc. more fun than I sound. send tips/ say hello at tessalexandraowen@gmail.com or DM for signal
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social
Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game. www.sandervanderlinden.com
@davidpuente.it
Fact-checker journalist. Deputy editor @open.online (Ifcn verified signatory) http://open.online/c/fact-checking
@davidgilbert.bsky.social
Reporter @WIRED covering disinformation, online extremism, and election hucksters. https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/ Got a tip? Get in touch • Email: david.gilbert@wired.com • Signal: @DavidGilbert.01
@alexcapron.bsky.social
Journaliste fact-checkeur à @TF1 pour les Vérificateurs, OSINT et enquête traces numériques
@ciaranoconnor.bsky.social
Research & investigations at @isdglobal.bsky.social looking at technology, extremism & disinformation. Via Storyful, University of Amsterdam & Dublin City University. Liúdramán-at-large. Contact: DM me or email media@isdglobal.org #osint
@socialmedialab.ca
Academic Research Lab in Toronto: SocialMediaLab.ca |Skeets by @philipmai.com re: the politics of technology, social media, democracy, mis/disinfo, conspiracies & propaganda | PoliDashboard.org, DeepfakesTracker.org, ConflictMisinfo.org & Communalytic.org.
@billmccarthy.bsky.social
Digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation, conspiracy theories and extremism for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
@abbierichards.bsky.social
Researching misinformation, extremism, conspiracy theories, and the general decay of collective reality we’re currently enduring. Also I produce videos explaining these issues but BlueSky only lets me post videos up to 60 seconds. So TBD on those
@bostonjoan.bsky.social
I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University www.criticalinternet.org
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press). Researcher, infolit/misinfo/rhetoric/civic reasoning. Currently researching AI as tool for critical thinking.
@fakehistoryhunter.net
I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked. https://fakehistoryhunter.net/