{"id":4178,"date":"2025-09-24T06:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T06:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdm.nl\/?post_type=initiative&#038;p=4178"},"modified":"2025-09-24T06:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T06:50:14","slug":"decheckers","status":"publish","type":"initiative","link":"https:\/\/sdm.nl\/en\/initiative\/decheckers\/","title":{"rendered":"DeCheckers"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"text-block block\" id=\"\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center grid-margin-y\">\n                            <div class=\"large-8 cell\">\n                    \n\n\n                                            <div class=\"last-child-nbm\">\n                            <p>De invloed van misinformatie groeit, ook in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Het onderscheid tussen feit en fictie lijkt in toenemende mate te vervagen. Tegelijkertijd worden factcheckers door digitale mediaplatformen ontslagen onder het mom van &#8216;vooringenomenheid&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>DeCheckers wil weerwerk bieden tegen de groeiende invloed van desinformatie. Via een netwerk van journalistieke partners bundelt en verspreidt de organisatie betrouwbare factchecks. Ook biedt deCheckers een laagdrempelige meldplek voor burgers die twijfelen aan de informatie die ze lezen. Door deze tips te bespreken met haar partners komt het platform tot nieuwe factchecks. Verder organiseert deCheckers lezingen en workshops die burgers en organisaties praktische handvatten geven om zelf nepnieuws te herkennen.<\/p>\n<p>Op dit moment draait deCheckers op het werk van vrijwilligers, freelance inzet en pro bono steun. Met de steun van Stichting Democratie en Media kan deCheckers de periode overbruggen tot 2026,\u00a0 wanneer de transitie naar een professionele organisatie wordt gemaakt. Dankzij SDM kan de organisatie deze maanden zichtbaar en actief blijven.<\/p>\n<p>Wanneer politieke krachten en techbedrijven het controleren van feiten bemoeilijken, is het van groot belang dat er partijen zijn die zich inzetten voor factchecken, en blijven onderzoeken hoe dit het beste ingezet kan worden. DeCheckers is een partij die Nederlandse en Vlaamse factcheckers bij elkaar brengt en hun kennis verzamelt. 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