Fact-checking as apolicy focus in the EU
Journal: Medijske studije
Year: 2025

Fact-checking is a popular journalistic format that is widely used across the European Union ‎to react to disinformation and other false narratives spreading both in social networks and traditional‎ media. To foster its uptake, the European Commission has included the support of fact-checking‎ organizations, as well as a request for the integration of their services in online platform content‎ moderation, in a number of its policy documents. The watchdog activities of fact-checkers thereby‎ beco