MediaFaro Analysis<p>Fact check: How credible is Russian fact-check site GFCN?</p><p>Russia's new "Global Fact-Checking Network" (GFCN) claims to fight fake news — but experts criticise it as propaganda in fact-checking clothes.</p><p>Who's behind GFCN and why does it not meet global fact-checking standards?</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250604-fact-check-how-credible-is-russian-fact-check-site-gfcn?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250604</span><span class="invisible">-fact-check-how-credible-is-russian-fact-check-site-gfcn?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactChecking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/GFCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GFCN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/IFCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IFCN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/PoynterInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoynterInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EuropeanDigitalMediaObservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDigitalMediaObservatory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EDMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDMO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a></p>