“Give everyone the keys to better inform themselves.

This is the meaning of the European "De Facto" project, launched on Tuesday, of which

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is a partner alongside the leading French media in fact-checking.

This "unprecedented initiative", carried by four actors within the framework of a European project (see box), aims to bring together on the same platform "journalists specializing in fact-checking, researchers observing the transformations of the public space. digital and media and information education professionals ”, explain the initiators of the platform.

Concretely, "De Facto" brings together, free of charge, fact-checking articles from the Fake off section of

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, AFP, 

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, Surligneurs and Radio France, the presentation of research work on "The circuits of disinformation, the effects of the […] digital transformation on the ways of obtaining information and the challenges of regulating digital platforms", as well as educational tools intended for teachers and the general public.

"Digital platforms have upset the rules of the information game", note those responsible for the project. “Our societies are hardly discovering the effects of this new freedom. Some are extraordinarily positive, others appear particularly toxic ":" confidence in the media is contested ", and" disinformation pollutes public discussion ". Hence the need "to share the tools and solutions to defend quality information".

For our editorial staff, participation in this platform was natural.

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 and its editorial staff have been involved in the fight against" fake news "since 2017 by creating an ad hoc service", recalls Armelle Le Goff, editorial director.

The Fake Off section was among the first French media to obtain the Poynter-IFCN certification issued by the IFCN (International Fact-Checking Network).

It now has three journalists, a selection of articles of which will be available directly on the “De Facto” platform.

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A project led by Sciences Po, AFP, Clemi and XWiki

Co-funded by the European Commission, and endowed with “total editorial independence”, “De Facto” is supported by Sciences Po, AFP, Clemi (Center for Media Education and Information in Education national) and the IT company XWiki SAS.

The platform is part of a European program "giving birth to eight media and information observatories covering 15 European countries", allowing "to understand the international dimension of disinformation mechanisms and the need to share tools and solutions for defend quality information ”, indicate the project leaders.

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