GlobalFact fact-checkers face shrinking grants and rising AI disinformation

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Hundreds of fact-checkers gathered at GlobalFact in Vilnius to confront two critical challenges: shrinking grant funding and rapid rise of AI-generated disinformation. Keynote speakers framed the situation as 'cognitive warfare' requiring new verification approaches. The conference emphasized urgent needs for innovative detection methods and policy-level support to sustain independent fact-checking.

• •IFCN's GlobalFact conference addressed fact-checkers' dual crisis: declining funding and surging AI-generated disinformation
• •Speakers framed challenges as 'cognitive warfare' through coordinated misinformation campaigns
• •Sector needs new verification methodologies and policy-level backing to remain viable

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