WASHINGTON — In a case that could chill freedom of speech and adversely affect misinformation research and fact-checking, lawyers representing academics, journalists and researchers argued in federal ...

The US is preparing for a seismic shift in visa policy, and India is ground zero. A leaked Trump directive orders consular officers to deny visas to anyone who has worked in fact-checking, content ...

Still, the fact-checking community’s losses so far have been incremental. The number of active fact-checkers around the globe by mid-2026 was 437, the Reporters’ Lab found — only 27 below its all-time ...