fact-check
verb
fact-checked; fact-checking; fact-checks
: to verify the factual accuracy of
fact-check the article before publication
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Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Greer said TikTok deployed 95 Romanian language content moderators, worked with a fact-checking group and met with political parties and a number of different authorities including the country’s electoral authority.
—Kelvin Chan and Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Readers can now upload links for the platform’s approval to fact-check tweets and provide accurate information, where accounts that were guilty of posting false information were previously at risk of being banned.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Dec. 2024
Our fact-check sources: Tom Mortlock, Nov. 6, Email exchange with USA TODAY
Ben Hague, Nov. 10-14, Email exchange with USA TODAY
NOAA, April 19, 2022, Climate Change: Global Sea Level
NOAA, accessed Nov. 21, What is glacial isostatic adjustment?
—Kate S. Petersen, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Fact-check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact-check. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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