SIDQ
Country
Yemen
Established
2019
Website
https://sidqyem.com/ (inactive at the time of writing)
Reach
Local
Languages
Arabic
Purpose
To expose rumors and fake news
Methodology
The methodology is undefined and unclear.
There is no correction policy or code of principles.
Nature of work
Fact checking, awareness campaigns, training programs
Social media presence (as
of January 2022)
Facebook: more than 267,000 followers (https://www.facebook.com/SidqYem)
Twitter: fewer than 11,000 followers (https://twitter.com/SidqYem)
Instagram: more than 6,500 followers (https://www.instagram.com/sidqyem/)
YouTube: more than 400 subscribers (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCumFNG0lH78K-nFl6YUBuQA)
Above: Table 4: Overview of
the operations of Sidq
Below: Table 5: Overview of the
operations of Verify in Syria
VERIFY
Country
Syria
Established
2016
Website
https://verify-sy.com/
Reach
Local, regional, and global, with a focus on Syria
Languages
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Purpose
Verify is a non-profit fact-checking journalistic project that aims to reduce disinformation in the media and
its impact.
Methodology
Its methodology is based on identifying content and sources, analyzing content and sources, drawing
inferences, and evaluating content.
It classifies verified content into the following categories:
• Fraudulent, which includes lies, misleading news, conspiracy theories, and lies related to science
• Tampering, which includes errors, bias, and manipulation of facts
• Confusion, which includes misleading headlines, satire, and information that is out of context or
unconfirmed.
The principles it follows are independence, accuracy, clarity, balance, objectivity, integrity, and
groundedness.
It has a code of conduct and a correction policy.
Nature of work
Fact checking, workshops, and fellowship programs (during which they train people in fact checking and
work with them for a period of time)
Social media presence (as
of January 2022)
Facebook: more than 159,000 followers (https://www.facebook.com/Verify.syr/)
Twitter: more than 26,000 followers (https://twitter.com/VeSyria)
Instagram: more than 19,000 followers (https://www.instagram.com/verify.sy/)
YouTube: more than 780 subscribers (https://www.youtube.com/c/Verifysy)
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