Continuously updated from international fact-checking organizations. Structured, normalized, and secure — built for researchers and organizations studying our informational environment.
Request AccessOverview
This dataset aggregates fact-check records published by leading international fact-checking organizations. Each record captures the original claim, the organization's verdict, a normalized verdict label, and publication metadata. New data is ingested daily through automated RSS feed parsing.
The dataset is designed for researchers studying misinformation patterns, claim lifecycles, cross-source verdict consistency, and the temporal dynamics of false information. Records reflect the judgments of the source organizations and are preserved as-is to support comparative and longitudinal analysis.
Coverage spans seven organizations across multiple geographies and languages, including English-language U.S. sources (PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, Snopes), a viral misinformation tracker (LeadStories), UK-based Full Fact, Africa Check covering sub-Saharan Africa, and AFP Fact Check with multilingual international reach.
Coverage
Records are ingested daily from the RSS and Atom feeds of the following organizations.
U.S. political fact-checking from the Poynter Institute. Rates claims on a six-point "Truth-O-Meter" scale ranging from True to Pants on Fire.
One of the oldest fact-checking and rumor-debunking publications. Covers viral claims, urban legends, and political misinformation.
Nonpartisan U.S. political fact-checking operated by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Focuses on viral misinformation trending on social media platforms. Uses a real-time trending story detection methodology.
UK-based independent fact-checking charity. Covers claims from politicians, media outlets, and public discourse in the United Kingdom.
Africa's first fact-checking organization, covering claims across sub-Saharan Africa in English, French, and Portuguese.
Global fact-checking unit of Agence France-Presse. Covers claims in multiple languages across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Structure
Each record in the dataset corresponds to a single fact-check article. All content fields are nullable — individual feeds may not populate every attribute.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| title | string | Headline or title of the fact-check article |
| claim | string | The specific claim being evaluated, when extractable from the feed |
| link | string | Canonical URL of the original fact-check article |
| verdict_raw | string | Original verdict label as published by the source organization |
| verdict_normalized | enum | Standardized verdict: true | false | misleading | unsupported | exaggerated |
| published_at_normalized | timestamp | Publication datetime normalized to UTC ISO 8601 |
| source.name | string | Name of the fact-checking organization |
| source.url | string | Base URL of the source organization |
| language | string | BCP-47 language code of the article (e.g., 'en', 'fr') |
| content_sha256 | string | SHA-256 hash of canonical content for deduplication across ingestion runs |
Example
A representative record as it appears in the dataset after normalization. Field values are drawn from a real AFP Fact Check article for illustrative purposes.
{
"title": "No, WHO did not declare a 'global health emergency' over a new mpox strain in January 2026",
"claim": "The WHO declared a global health emergency over a new mpox strain in January 2026.",
"link": "https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36UE3JE",
"verdict_raw": "False",
"verdict_normalized": "false",
"published_at_normalized": "2026-01-14T09:22:00Z",
"source": {
"name": "AFP Fact Check",
"url": "https://factcheck.afp.com"
},
"language": "en",
"content_sha256": "a3f9c2d1e4b8765432fedcba9876543210abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567"
}Access
This dataset is available to academic researchers, journalists, and data scientists working on misinformation research, computational social science, or related fields. Access is granted on a case-by-case basis after a brief review of the intended use.
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