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Anuj Chopra with Shim Kyu-seok in Seoul and Ivan Fischer in Zagreb

Global Fact-checkers Battle Harassment, Threats, Financial Perils

Fact-checkers face rising harassment and threats in a year of major elections (Credit: AFP)

From India and South Korea to Croatia and North Macedonia, fact-checking organizations battling an ever-rising tide of misinformation in a major election year are buffeted by legal threats, harassment and funding shortfalls.

Fact-checkers, largely under-resourced and increasingly under attack, have their work cut out this year as dozens of countries hold elections, a period when falsehoods typically explode.

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