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Video. Fact checkers at increasing risk of abuse, report says

Updated: 13/12/2024 - 8:13 GMT+1

In an age of increasing distrust in mainstream media, fact-checkers, who are tasked with clarifying and debunking misleading claims, now also find themselves the targets of that same distrust.

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