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Polygraph.info

Polygraph.info is a fact-checking website produced by Voice of America (VoA). Among many subjects, the website documents Russian disinformation and state-backed propaganda by the Chinese government.

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Polygraph.info
Type of site
Fact-checking
Available inEnglish
OwnerVoice of America
Founder(s)Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
EditorFatima Tlisova
URLwww.voanews.com/fact-checks
CommercialNo
Launched6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)
Current statusActive
Written inHTML, JavaScript

Polygraph.info is a fact-checking website1 produced by Voice of America (VoA).2 Among many subjects, the website documents Russian disinformation and state-backed propaganda by the Chinese government.3

The website launched on December 6, 2016.4 Radio Free Europe funded a three-person team at Polygraph.info until February 2017. The team was led by Daily Beast senior editor Michael Weiss.5

According to a 2018 article in Government Executive, by providing fact-checks in both English and Russian, VOA "builds on the success of its year-old Russian-language television network Current Time TV."6

As of April 2020, the project employed five people.7 VoA journalist Jim Fry was its managing editor from November 2017 to November 2019.8 Investigative journalist, researcher, and Russian expert Fatima Tlisova also works at Polygraph.info.9: 76–77 

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  1. Marcoux, Thomas; Mead, Esther; Agarwal, Nitin (2020). "Studying the Dynamics of COVID-19 Misinformation Themes" (PDF). Carnegie Mellon University. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  2. Alex Lockie (26 February 2018). "'They beat our a--es': Russian mercenaries talk about humiliating defeat by US in reportedly leaked audio". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. Cull, N.J. (2016). R. Govers; N. Cull (eds.). "Engaging foreign publics in the age of Trump and Putin: Three implications of 2016 for public diplomacy". Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. 12 (4). Palgrave Macmillan UK: 244. doi:10.1057/s41254-016-0052-4. S2CID 256514762. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  4. "Polygraph.info to speak truth to disinformation". U.S. Agency for Global Media. 2016-12-06. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  5. Michael Calderone (2 October 2017). "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Stops Funding Magazine Critical Of Russia". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  6. "In the Era of Fake News, VOA Is Fact-Checking Russia's Messages". Government Executive. March 26, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2025. It's been a year since the U.S. government joined the ranks of Politifact, Factcheck.org and the Washington Post fact-checker in publishing dispassionate news analysis in the decisive ratings format: "true," "false," or "misleading." But its product—amplified in government-controlled foreign media environments through social media and video—focuses on what is now called 'disinfo news.'
  7. Rajtmajer, Sarah; Susser, Daniel (2020-08-25). "Automated influence and the challenge of cognitive security". Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Hot Topics in the Science of Security. New York, NY, USA: ACM. p. 3. doi:10.1145/3384217.3385615. ISBN 978-1-4503-7561-0. S2CID 221299169. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  8. "Jim Fry". Online News Association. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  9. Čáslavská, Veronika (2019-05-01). "Tradiční média a boj s tzv. fake news na příkladu BBC, ARD a Rádia Svobodná Evropa" [Traditional media and the fight against so-called fake news on the example of the BBC, ARD and Radio Free Europe] (PDF). Charles University (in Czech). p. 77. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
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