IGF 2025 Lightning Talk #134 Verification in an visual area

    Faktisk.no
    Olav Østrem, Faktisk.no, Civil Society, Europa
    Speakers
    Silje Førsund, Faktisk.no, Civil Society, Europe Kajsa lønsrusten, Faktisk.no, Civil Society, Europe Ina Lindal Nyrud, Faktisk.no, Civil Society, Europe
    Onsite Moderator
    Rapporteur
    SDGs
    16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    16.1
    16.10
    16.3
    16.5
    16.6
    17.6


    Targets: By establishing a independent fact checker that verify information you secure information for the population and build a resillians towards unwanted influence in the society. Preventing possible genocide and sharing trust in the population.
    Format
    Presentation connected to specific examples.
    Duration (minutes)
    30
    Description
    Faktisk.no is Norways only indipentent Fact checker was established by six major competing media outlets in Norway. They wanted to develop a fact checker in Norway who could reach out across rivals. When full scale attach in Ukraine happend in 2022 Faktisk established a verification desk across all news outlets in Norway gathering journalists to build a standard for how to verify video, pictures and AI content coming from Ukraine. Again this desk were established after the 9th of October attacks in Israel. The session will show how the cooperation was established and how it developed when new challanges arouse.

    The presenters will take questions in the end, both from the room and online.