
Chequeado
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
About
Founded in 2010, Chequeado is a non-governmental organisation based in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina working on democracy & civil society, education.
Chequeado is a non-profit, non-partisan organisation based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 2010. It combines fact-checking journalism, education and civic technology to counter disinformation and improve the quality of public debate. Its work spans media, education, innovation and product, and impact and new initiatives. It produces verification reports, runs media literacy projects for schools and journalists, develops AI-assisted verification tools, and coordinates LatamChequea, a regional network of fact-checkers in Latin America. Chequeado says it is independent and funded largely by its community of donors and members.
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Programa de Educación
Education · Argentina
Develops media and information literacy projects, resources and training for students, teachers and journalists to strengthen critical thinking and counter disinformation.
Programa de Impacto y Nuevas Iniciativas
Democracy & Civil society · Argentina
Measures the impact of fact-checking work and develops new initiatives and research with academics to design strategies against disinformation.
Chequeabot
Democracy & Civil society
An AI-based tool that speeds up the verification of claims.
Chequeado Ciencia
Science & Research
Investigates patterns of disinformation on science, health and environment.
LatamChequea
Democracy & Civil society
A network of fact-checking organisations across Latin America that works collaboratively against disinformation.
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IFCN signatory (Code of Principles)
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Digital Media Awards Worldwide, Mejor Producto de Fact Checking
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UNESCO, Santillana, Sanofi, ICFJ
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