Google, YouTube Put $13 Million Into Partnership With Network of ‘Global Fact Checkers’

Google, YouTube Put $13 Million Into Partnership With Network of ‘Global Fact Checkers’
Illustration picture shows a mobile phone and laptop with the Google website, on Dec. 14, 2020. Laurie Dieffembacq/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
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Google and YouTube on Tuesday said they’re providing $13.2 million to a global network of fact-checkers “on the front lines of the fight against misinformation.”

The centerpiece of the investment is a $12 million Global Fact Check Fund to support the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which encompasses 135 fact-checking organizations from 65 countries in over 80 languages. The Fund will open in early 2023.