Projeto Comprova is a collaborative effort between several media outlets in Brazil, coordinated by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism, with the aim of verifying the veracity of information published on social media and the internet in general, centralizing

fact-checking Fact-checking is the process of verifying the factual accuracy of questioned reporting and statements. Fact-checking can be conducted before or after the text or content is published or otherwise disseminated. Internal fact-checking is such che ...

on its website and unmasking

fake news Fake news or information disorder is false or misleading information (misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and hoaxes) claiming the aesthetics and legitimacy of news. Fake news often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person ...

. In 2020, 28 media outlets were part of the coalition: the newspapers '' Folha de S.Paulo'', ''

O Estado de S. Paulo ''O Estado de S. Paulo'' (; ), also known as ''Estadão'' (; ), is a daily newspaper published in State of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil, and its format changed from broadsheet to Berliner (format), ...

'', ''Metro'', ''Jornal do Commercio'', ''A Gazeta'', ''Gazeta do Sul'', '' Correio do Povo'', ''Correio da Bahia'', '' Estado de Minas'', ''O Popular'', '' O Povo'', ''Correio do Estado'', ''Correio de Carajás'', '' Diário do Nordeste'', the news websites UOL, Poder360, NSC Total (NSC Comunicação), Gaúcha ZH (

Grupo RBS Grupo RBS is a Brazilian media conglomerate founded on August 31, 1957, by Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho. One of Brazil's largest communication groups, it is also the largest affiliated with TV Globo. The media group is made up of radio and televi ...

), Nexo,

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, the channels Futura, Band, SBT, BandNews, the radio stations

BandNews FM BandNews FM is a Brazilian all-news radio network owned by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação. First broadcast on May 20, 2005, it is the first Brazilian radio network that provides non-stop news programming 24 hours a day, considering that C ...

and Rádio Bandeirantes, in addition to the magazines ''

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'' and '' Exame''.

History

In its first phase, the initiative was motivated by the

2018 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress of Brazil, National Congress and Governor (Brazil), state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election (and for the gubernatorial electi ...

. Its objective was to verify statements, speculations and rumors that were circulating on the internet during the election period. In its second phase, which began in July 2019, the focus shifted to analyzing and combating the spread of rumors about public policies related to the federal government. In 2020, the project began a third phase, this time focused on combating misinformation during the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. With the 2020 municipal elections approaching, rumors related to the election or the reliability of the Brazilian electoral system also became the target of fact-checking by the coalition. In June 2021, the project began its fourth phase, with the entry of six media outlets: the newspapers '' Correio Braziliense'', ''Tribuna do Norte'', ''O Liberal'', the media conglomerate Grupo Sinos, the agency specializing in racial issues Alma Preta and the digital magazine ''Crusoé''.

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{{Official website, https://projetocomprova.com.br/ (in Portuguese) Organizations established in 2018 2018 establishments in Brazil Brazilian journalism organisations

History

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