Faktisk.no ("Actually.no") is a Norwegian fact-checking website produced through a cooperation between major media companies of Norway, including the state broadcasting company NRK, the media conglomerate Schibsted (which owns Verdens Gang and Aftenposten) and the liberal newspaper Dagbladet. It is part of the International Fact-Checking Network.[1] The website was founded in 2017. Its editor-in-chief was Kristoffer Egeberg until June 2023.[2][3] In 2018 it announced a partnership with Facebook to fact-check content on the platform.[4][5]
Egeberg, editor-in-chief since its inception, announced his resignation with immediate effect in June 2023 to assume a position in the Norwegian secret surveillance and intelligence service PST.[5]
- ^ Mantzarlis, Alexios (March 22, 2017). "Rivals become partners in Norway's newest fact-checking project". Poynter Institute. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ^ "VG, Dagbladet og NRK går sammen for å ta knekken på falske nyheter". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Historisk samarbeid om faktasjekking". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Faktisk.no blir faktasjekkpartner med Facebook". Faktisk (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Faktisk.no-redaktøren går av – går til PST". Journalisten. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.