211 Check is a fact-checking and information verification platform that works to counter misinformation and disinformation in South Sudan. South Sudan’s first and only independent fact-checking and information verification flagship project, established on 18 March 2020 to counter COVID-19 dis/misinformation and became a verified signatory of the International Fact-checking Network’s (IFCN) Code of Principles in March 2023.
Country registered in: South Sudan
Region:
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Member type:
- General
Organisation type:
- Topical