Misinformation

Action 4 Media Education (AME) is a nonprofit organization that has focused on media literacy program development since 1991. AME promotes and supports media education in homes, schools, and community groups serving youth.

The Markup is a nonprofit newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good with real-impact, actionable journalism, and scientific approaches for datasets. The Markup contains investigations, tools, and blueprints on a variety of subjects. 

Media and Learning Association (MLA) is an international, not-for-profit association that aims to promote and stimulate media use to enhance innovation and creativity in teaching and learning across all education levels. MLA reaches out to give educators, students, and institutions the necessary skills and competencies to effectively integrate media and digital tools into their daily practices.

Media Education Lab is a global organization focused on media literacy education. It provides training, conducts research on media literacy practices, and fosters a network of educators and professionals to support its integration into education.

Media Literacy Now is a nonprofit organization advocating for media literacy education in U.S. public schools. By educating policymakers, supporting advocates, and influencing legislation, the organization works to ensure all K-12 students develop critical skills to evaluate information, avoid manipulation, and engage confidently with media.

The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) is a nonprofit that has been active since 1997, uniting a community of educators committed to advancing media literacy. NAMLE aims to establish media literacy as a high-value, widely practiced essential life skill, encouraging people to hone their ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act against misinformation. 

The News Literacy Project (NewsLit, or NLP) is a nonpartisan education nonprofit founded in 2008 that aims to advance the development and teaching of news literacy in K-12 education. NewsLit encourages collaboration with educators, embraces inclusion and diversity, promotes independence and non-partisanship, and highlights innovation. 

FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” that aims to reduce confusion and deception in U.S. politics by presenting research that identifies hoaxes, misinformation, false content, and more. By investigating the accuracy of debates, TV ads, speeches, interviews, news, and official releases, FactCheck.org is increasing public knowledge, understanding, and best journalistic practices. FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, located at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

Media Bias / Fact Check (MBFC) is an independent website that raises awareness of media bias and misinformation. MBFC uses humans to evaluate and rate the bias, factual accuracy, and credibility of media sources and reporting using objective measures and subjective analysis. 

PolitiFact is a non-partisan fact-checking website that focuses on verifying or refuting claims made by U.S. elected officials. Founded in 2007 by the Tampa Bay Times, it is currently owned by the media literacy organization Poynter Institute (which also owns the Tampa Bay Times today). 

Snopes started in 1994 by investigating urban legends, hoaxes, and folklore. It has since evolved into one of the oldest and largest fact-checking websites to aid journalists, investigators, and other readers in verifying information and combating misinformation. Snopes is a member of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and follows standards to combat misinformation.

TinEye is an image search and recognition company specializing in computer vision, pattern recognition, neural networks, and machine learning. Founded in 2008, TinEye assists in making images searchable, allowing users to trace content back to their original contexts.