SARAJEVO - Offering a less pessimistic view on the state of democracy today, Harvard University professor Steve Levitsky said global democracies have been surprisingly resilient and still have a fighting chance even against the rising threat of anti-democratic forces.
“Without an independent, self-sustaining media, it is impossible to guarantee citizens the information they need to oppose the government,” says Harvard prof Steven Levitsky.
World's fact-checkers assert that fact-checking is an act of free expression and not suppression of speech.
For International Fact-Checking Week, fact-checkers convened to discuss what happens when sources of false information can’t take the heat.
The Philippines is among the four countries to be covered in the first guide Fact-Checkers Legal Support Initiative will produce, along with Brazil, Italy and the United States.
