Fact checking

Fact checking

We need your help to fight misinformation and disinformation.

RMIT’s School of Media and Communication has Australia’s first research and training hub dedicated to fact checking harmful information and studying the impact of its spread.

Some of the biggest issues of our time — whether COVID-19, climate change or the Voice to Parliament referendum — are steeped in inaccurate and malicious information. Your support will help us set the record straight, arming people with the facts to make fully informed decisions.

A tax-deductible donation will ensure RMIT has the researchers and resources it needs to fight the spread of harmful information. This means we can continue training journalists, developing research tools and producing rigorous, agenda-free analysis.

This work is primarily supported by RMIT University, research grants and philanthropic donations. Grants have also been received from organisations such as the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). We do not accept donations from political parties or advocacy and lobby groups.

Your gift, big or small, will make a world of difference.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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