INFOVERITAS is a limited company based in Madrid and registered as INFOVERITAS VERIFICA S.L., with tax identification code (CIF) B 10921526.

Isabel Macías Núñez is its sole owner, and AGRANDA S.L. its main partner, with tax identification code (CIF) B05358787.

All the company’s information related to legal terms can be consulted in the “legal notice” tab available on the website: https://info-veritas.com/aviso-legal/

Infoveritas ( https://info-veritas.com/ ) is a private fact-checking organization owned by the Infoveritas Verifica S.L. company. As indicated in the Spanish legal register of companies (Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil, BORME), this company was legally set up on July 22nd, 2022, seven months before this assessment was performed. The legal information about the company is disclosed in the Legal Statement (Aviso Legal) of the applicant's website.

As of March 2023, Infoveritas Verifica SL seems to be administrated by the company Agranda SL. which according to BORME is chaired by Benito Damián Rubido Ramonde. This person, also known as Bieito Rubido, is a noted Spanish journalist, currently the editor-in-chief of the digital native newspaper El Debate. In fact, this newspaper regularly publishes fact-checks produced by Infoveritas. The ties of Infoveritas with Agranda S.L. and El Debate are not disclosed in the website of Infoveritas but, for the sake of transparency, seems a relevant circumstance that should be openly indicated to the users. This assessor kindly invites the applicant to adopt this recommendation.

Disinformation hurts democracy. That is why Infoveritas began verifying disinformation in November 2021. Since then, INFOVERITAS has verified 125 claims of interest to society.

Our objective is reduce disinformation, and fight for the right to information, so as to ensure the protection of democracy and increase trust in democratic institutions. INFOVERITAS believes that fact-checking is important to help citizens make their own informed decisions.

INFOVERITAS is focused on verifying disinformation related to Spain’s politics and society.

Our organization is made up of a multidisciplinary team of experts who are specialists in detecting fake news in different languages and on different platforms: television, radio, print and digital newspapers, but, above all on social media, which is the perfect environment for the mass diffusion of unverified information.

Our team is composed of journalists, academics and experts in artificial intelligence. We also have two volunteers who support and help detect potential fake news and check verifications before publishing them on our web page.

In the following paragraphs, we provide information about the different roles of our staff:

CARLA PINA - DIRECTOR

Ms. Pina, as director of INFOVERITAS, is ultimately responsible for deciding on verifications and reviewing texts before they’re published on the website.

In addition, she coordinates the team's collaborators, sets goals and guidelines, conceptualizes plans for projects and campaigns, determines media strategies, ensures the company's effective media presence and brand reputation management, while looking for partnerships with companies and organizations.

Finally she shares the project with different audiences, potential customers, public institutions, private companies and readers, while exploring funding sources to make the project viable in the short, medium and long term.

DAVID LÓPEZ - IA EXPERT

Mr. López is a data scientist and expert in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. He currently contributes to Infoveritas' mission by developing artificial intelligence-intensive services for real-time conversation analysis.

CRISTINA MORÓN - FACT-CHECKER

Ms. Morón looks for new hoaxes to debunk on INFOVERITAS, and is responsible for writing the corresponding verifications. She is also in charge of looking for partnerships with different institutions and companies. At the same time, Cristina is responsible for the company's invoicing.

She also raises the project’s visibility through press releases.

VIRGINIA SESEÑA - Social Media

As head of social networks at INFOVERITAS, Virginia searches for hoaxes, fake news and disinformation on social networks. Virginia is in charge of designing the website, as well as ensuring its functionality.

She is also in charge of responding to requests, verification suggestions and comments that readers send to INFOVERITAS through social networks and the contact mailbox.

COLLABORATORS

FRANCISCO LUIS MACHIN - IA EXPERT

Francisco Luis Machín is the Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer at IE.

With more than 12 years of experience as a strategic advisor, he has reached VP positions in leading strategic consultancy firms. His professional profile is in the intersection between strategy and technology.

He has worked in different sectors reshaping telco, utilities, energy, banking and education industries through digital transformation.

Mr. Machín received his master’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering with a double degree from the Escuela Politecnica de Elche and the Grand École ENSEIRB in Bordeaux. He holds an Executive MBA degree from IE and a Master in Management and Consulting from INSEAD.

He helps the INFOVERITAS team with advice related to its business model, data strategy, technology deployment and commercial development.

DANIEL LL. BARRABÉS – SENIOR JOURNALIST

Mr. Barrabés is an editorial volunteer. He is an experienced journalist and expert in radio, television and digital media, having worked forAntena3 Radio, Antena3 TV, Grupo Zeta, among other groups. He advises INFOVERITAS on content and he is also responsible for correcting texts before they are published on the website. In addition, he provides ideas for new concepts to be developed and recommends new alternatives for digital media verification.

Unfortunately, disinformation is here to stay. INFOVERITA’S objective this year is to safeguard the truth by providing reliable information to protect the public from disinformation, and to minimize the spread and impact of disinformation, thereby helping reduce polarization in our society and develop critical thinking.

In addition, INFOVERITAS intends to offer its verification service to public institutions and private companies to protect democracy.

We believe education is also crucial to reduce the impact of disinformation. With this in mind, one of our goals is developing educational programs to invite citizens to develop critical thinking.

As requested, Info-Veritas provides detailed information about the following aspects:

1. The date (November 2021) when this fact-checking organization started activities. The applicant sets out to a Mission (Misión) that is fully consistent with the IFCN principles.

2. The composition of the team, which is composed of 4 employees: 1 chief editor, 1 editor, 1 social media editor and 1 technology developer.

3. The activities carried out by Info-Veritas, which are entirely focused on fact-checking.

4. The plans of this organization in the forthcoming year, which are focused on consolidating and expanding the fact-checking activities in a year marked in Spain by two elections.

INFOVERITAS has published more than one fact check per week in the last six months. The following criteria were used to select the claims: virality, hazard and public interest.

In order to verify that there are no more than five verification media in Spain with the IFCN certificate, we consulted Poynter Institute. Their response was as follows:

Dear Carla,

Thank you for taking interest in the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). I am the Program Manager at IFCN. I would like this email to be a brief introduction to who we are and what we do here at IFCN.

The number of organizations in Spain as you stated is 4. This means you would have to show at least 6 months of fact-checks before applying.

When this assessment was performed, in March 2023, Infoveritas had completed seven months of activity under legal status, since its setting up in July 2022. Over that period of time, the applicant had published up to 80 fact-checks, thus reaching an average of three fact-checks published a week. At the time of submitting its application, there were four fact-checking organizations signatories of IFCN in Spain, so the condition of "6 months of fact-checking before applying" was sufficient for Infoveritas.

No additional information required.

As needed, more than three quarters of the fact checks published over the period assessed focused on claims related to issues that relate to or could have an impact on the welfare or well-being of individuals, the general public or society in Spain. The topics comprise a very diverse set of topics (politics, health, foreign affairs...) and are related to relevant news in each moment from Spain and abroad. During the period assessed, the most significant number of fact-checks were focused on national politics, Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

INFOVERITAS has no commercial, financial or institutional relationship with the Spanish state, politicians or political parties.

According to the declaration provided for this assessment and the information available in the applicant's website, Infoveritas did not have any commercial, financial and/or institutional relationships with the Spanish state, politicians or political parties over the period of time assessed. 

INFOVERITAS does not receives funding from local or foreign state or political sorces.

According to the assessor's knowledge, the editorial output of Infoveritas is not controlled by the local or foreign state, a political party, politician or a pressure group. 

As you can check in our "methodology" tab, we select our claims based on three pillars: virality, hazard and public interest.

INFOVERITAS always verifies disinformation using the same standards and without positioning itself on any particular side (political party, company or institution). We are free from governments, parties, or clients, so we can guarantee our news articles are impartial.

To further guarantee this impartiality, we always use the same methodology in our articles. We use multiple sources to verify claims and draw on leading experts in the relevant fields. In our texts, we detail the steps and all the sources of the investigation so the reader can draw his own conclusions

The non-partisanship of Infoveritas has been sufficiently demonstrated by providing, as requested, ten examples of fact-checks to Spanish politicians and royal family members, as well as some other topics not related to politics. Beyond these ten examples, the assessor himself has performed a review of additional fact-checks covering claims about political parties and leaders of all the political spectrum in Spain. Drawing on this broad review, the assessor has not found cases of infringement of this criterion.

INFOVERITAS explains in its "methodology" tab the steps and criteria to be followed when verifying a news item, as can be seen on our website: https://info-veritas.com/metodologia/

The fact-checking methodology (Metodología) of Infoveritas is sound and explains clearly how the applicant selects claims to check. In another page, it explains its policy of non-partisanship (Política de neutralidad e imparcialidad), where it rejects any partisanship and sets out to avoiding unduly concentrations of fact-checking on any ideological side. 

No additional information required.

After a random review of fact-checks published since July 2022 to February 2023, no trace has been found of any commercial interest that might influence the fact-checking activity of the applicant.

No additional information required.

After a random review of fact-checks published July 2022 to February 2023, no trace has been found of any political interest that might influence the fact-checking activity of the applicant.

Neutrality and impartiality are two pillars for INFOVERITAS. Not just in its works and publications which are made every day, but also for the whole staff. To ensure credibility and trust in our work, team members also act according to this principle and our policy of neutrality. All project professionals are independent, which means that they are not affiliated with any political party and do not have a seat on any corporate board. If any member of the staff does not understand this, they will be removed from the project.

The neutrality policy can be consulted at the following link on the website: https://info-veritas.com/politica-de-neutralidad/.

As requested, the applicant sets out its policy on non-partisanship (Política de neutralidad e imparcialidad) for staff on its site. According to this policy, organization members can't have "an important or salaried position in a political party, government, or public enterprise under the direct control of a political party or government and does not solicit or advise readers to vote for any political party, candidate for public office, or policies" (assessors' translation). None of the four salaried members of Infoveritas declare to have such relationships.

No additional evidence is required.

After a random review of a number of fact-checks published over the previous months, the use of links to back fact-checks found in Infoveritas is deemed sound. These resources allow users to easily verify by themselves the relevant information published. Besides using links embedded in the text, main external sources used to back fact-checks are systematically listed at the end of the articles, so that readers can identify and access them easily.

No additional evidence is required.

According to the assessor's knowledge, the sources used by Infoveritas to back fact-checks are sufficiently diversified, relevant and sound. 

No additional evidence is required.

Infoveritas provides details about the sources used to back its statements, not only in the embedded links throughout the fact-checking articles but also in the list of external sources linked at the bottom of each article. After a random review of a number of fact-checks published over the previous year (Jul. 2022 - Feb. 2023), the overall assessment for this criterion is positive.

No additional evidence is required.

Infoveritas identifies sufficiently the sources used to back its fact-checks. When some contextualization of the information sources is needed, it is reasonably provided. All in all, this criterion is assessed as compliant.

INFOVERITAS is an independent organization. It can be consulted at the following link on the website: https://info-veritas.com/aviso-legal/

We update the information required in our website. It can be consulted at the following link on the website: https://info-veritas.com/quienes-somos/

INFOVERITAS has signed a collaboration agreement with El Debate (https://www.eldebate.com/autor/infoveritas-verificacion/) to publish two weekly verifications. With this agreement, both media seek to promote critical thinking and reduce disinformation in society. However, this collaboration does not entail any financial benefit.

INFOVERITAS is a limited and unipersonal company with a registered office in Madrid and registered in the Mercantile Registry on 07/22/2022, inscription number 1, volume 43820, folio 140, section, page M-773339 as INFOVERITAS VERIFICA S.L., with CIF B 10921526 .

Its partner and sole administrator is the company AGRANDA, SL, with CIF B05358787, AGRANDA S.L., represented by its director Mrs. Isabel Macías Núñez. The founding partners of AGRANDA S.L. are Mr. Diego del Alcázar Silvela, Mr. Bieito Rubido Ramonde, Mrs. Macarena Rosado Corral and Mrs. Isabel Macías Núñez.

Diego del Alcázar Silvela has made all the financial contributions.INFOVERITAS has not income yet.

According to the information provided by the applicant, Infoveritas is a independent fact-checking organization, without ties with any other company or media organization. However, as indicated in the assessment of criteria 1.1 and 1.2 and according to the corporate information available in BORME, the organization has some undisclosed relationship with another company (Agranda S.L.) and another digital native newspaper (El Debate). The applicant is invited to clarify such relationships and, if they exist, to disclose them to the general public, so that this criterion can be re-assessed as compliant.

In a first round of assessment of this criterion, the applicant was invited to make the improvements detailed below:

According to the information provided by the applicant, Infoveritas is a independent fact-checking organization, without ties with any other company or media organization. However, as indicated in the assessment of criteria 1.1 and 1.2 and according to the corporate information available in BORME, the organization has some undisclosed relationship with another company (Agranda S.L.) and another digital native newspaper (El Debate). The applicant is invited to clarify such relationships and, if they exist, to disclose them to the general public, so that this criterion can be re-assessed as compliant.

As required, the applicant applied various improvements to its website, which now provides clear and comprehensive information on its ownership scheme. Thanks to these improvements, the assessment of this criterion is positive..

Due to the fact that INFOVERITAS was launched less than a year ago, we cannot offer financial details about our economic activity in 2021. For the moment, our funding comes from the financial contributions of AGRANDA S.L., the main partner of INFOVERITAS. Here is the link to the page on our webside where we detail the legal form in which the organization is registered: https://info-veritas.com/aviso-legal/

We update the information required in our website, but let us know if you need more information. It can be consulted at the following link on the website: https://info-veritas.com/quienes-somos/

INFOVERITAS is a limited and unipersonal company with a registered office in Madrid and registered in the Mercantile Registry on 07/22/2022, inscription number 1, volume 43820, folio 140, section, page M-773339 as INFOVERITAS VERIFICA S.L., with CIF B 10921526 .

Its partner and sole administrator is the company AGRANDA, SL, with CIF B05358787, AGRANDA S.L., represented by its director Mrs. Isabel Macías Núñez. The founding partners of AGRANDA S.L. are Mr. Diego del Alcázar Silvela, Mr. Bieito Rubido Ramonde, Mrs. Macarena Rosado Corral and Mrs. Isabel Macías Núñez.

Diego del Alcázar Silvela has made all the financial contributions.INFOVERITAS has not income yet.

The information provided by the applicant in this criterion mentions for the first time in its application some links with the company Agranda SL, describing it as the "main partner of Infoveritas". However, according to the information available in BORME, Agranda SL is not only a partner, but actually the sole administrator (administrador único) of Infoveritas Verifica SL. All in all, as requested in the assessment of several previous criteria, more clarification would be advisable about the nature and extent of the corporate relations between the publishing company of Infoveritas and Agranda SL.

In a first round of assessment of this criterion, the applicant was invited to make the improvements detailed below:

The information provided by the applicant in this criterion mentions for the first time in its application some links with the company Agranda SL, describing it as the "main partner of Infoveritas". However, according to the information available in BORME, Agranda SL is not only a partner, but actually the sole administrator (administrador único) of Infoveritas Verifica SL. All in all, as requested in the assessment of several previous criteria, more clarification would be advisable about the nature and extent of the corporate relations between the publishing company of Infoveritas and Agranda SL.

As required, the applicant has expanded the information on its ownership scheme, which now is comprehensive and publicly disclosed in their 'About us' page (Quiénes somos). Thanks to these improvements, the assessment of this criterion is positive.

Every day, INFOVERITAS holds an editorial meeting attended by the entire team to propose and select the topics that should be verified, always according to the criteria of our methodology: public interest, hazard and virality. This means we make our own decisions about our fact-checking and how we report them.

Editorial control is exercised by the director of the website, Carla Pina, who ultimately decides which articles are published on the website.

Here is the link to our website where the team is specified: https://info-veritas.com/quienes-somos/

Detailed information about Infoveritas' salaried members in the website. The applicant has also provided details about its decision-making structure and procedure.

Here is the link to our website where the team is specified: https://info-veritas.com/quienes-somos/

CARLA PINA

Director of INFOVERITAS and expert in data journalism and disinformation. She holds a degree in journalism from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. She completed her training with an official master's degree in journalism from El Mundo and another in Digital Verification, Fact-Checking and Data Journalism, both from the CEU-San Pablo University. Ms. Pina has completed postgraduate courses in political communication, data journalism and social journalism. Throughout her professional career she has worked as an editor in different media: El Periódico de Aragón, Agencia EFE, La Sexta, Newtral and Unidad Editorial. She was awarded the first prize in the "VII Concurso para Medios de Comunicación Diversidad e Inclusión" organized by the City Council of Ávila and BBVA for her article “The most invisible gender violence: women and the intellectually disabled”. She is the author of the book "Fake News: a guide to survive hoaxes", recently published by ConCiencia Editorial, an entertaining manual that aims to help citizens identify any type of disinformation in today's over-informed scenario.

DAVID LÓPEZ

Expert in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. PhD in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, he has collaborated in various applied research projects for large companies (Centrica, Google) and international organizations (United Nations). Before joining the INFOVERITAS verification team, he worked as a researcher and lecturer at the Alan Turing Institute and the University of Exeter respectively. He currently contributes to Infoveritas' mission by developing artificial intelligence-intensive services for real-time conversation analysis.

CRISTINA MORÓN

Graduate in journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid. Ms. Morón began her professional career at Antena 3 as an editor in the economy section, and from there she moved to the multinational communications company Discovery, where she led communication and events plans for almost 6 years. Her eagerness to expand her knowledge has led her to specialize through courses in the field of digital marketing, advertising on social networks and the organization and management of events. Now she is embarking on a new phase, looking for new hoaxes to debunk on INFOVERITAS.

VIRGINIA SESEÑA

Graduate in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid and Graduate in Advertising and Public Relations from the Rey Juan Carlos University. Ms. Seseña began her career in the world of communication in the regional television of Castilla-La Mancha as a reporter in the regional section. From microphone, camera, colored keyboard and avid, she moved on to blogs, websites, social networks and databases in the Content Department of Universia. Her passion for social networks led her to Unidad Editorial where she was responsible for social networks. She also was head of product marketing and logistics in the events and special actions Department for six years. In October 2020 she joined Finetwork where she coordinated their social networks. Now, as head of social networks at INFOVERITAS, she searches for hoaxes, fake news and disinformation on social media.

As you advised, we improve this aspect: https://info-veritas.com/nosotros/

David López is currently an INFOVERITAS collaborator and does not have a company email, for this reason his LinkedIn profile does not appear in his biography and a generic email contact appears.

Cristina Morón no longer works at the company. However, Andrea Carrasco joined our team a few months ago. Attached her biography:

ANDREA CARRASCO- EDITOR IN CHIEF

Andrea Carrasco is the editor-in-chief of INFOVERITAS. She is tasked with writing disclaimers, editing texts and reviewing verifications before they are published on our website.

In addition, she develops and coordinates the organization’s research projects on disinformation and its media literacy programs.

At the same time, she sets the media strategy.

Here is the link to our website where the team is specified: https://info-veritas.com/quienes-somos/

CARLA PINA

Director of INFOVERITAS and expert in data journalism and disinformation. She holds a degree in journalism from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. She completed her training with an official master's degree in journalism from El Mundo and another in Digital Verification, Fact-Checking and Data Journalism, both from the CEU-San Pablo University. Ms. Pina has completed postgraduate courses in political communication, data journalism and social journalism. Throughout her professional career she has worked as an editor in different media: El Periódico de Aragón, Agencia EFE, La Sexta, Newtral and Unidad Editorial. She was awarded the first prize in the "VII Concurso para Medios de Comunicación Diversidad e Inclusión" organized by the City Council of Ávila and BBVA for her article “The most invisible gender violence: women and the intellectually disabled”. She is the author of the book "Fake News: a guide to survive hoaxes", recently published by ConCiencia Editorial, an entertaining manual that aims to help citizens identify any type of disinformation in today's over-informed scenario.

DAVID LÓPEZ

Expert in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. PhD in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, he has collaborated in various applied research projects for large companies (Centrica, Google) and international organizations (United Nations). Before joining the INFOVERITAS verification team, he worked as a researcher and lecturer at the Alan Turing Institute and the University of Exeter respectively. He currently contributes to Infoveritas' mission by developing artificial intelligence-intensive services for real-time conversation analysis.

CRISTINA MORÓN

Graduate in journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid. Ms. Morón began her professional career at Antena 3 as an editor in the economy section, and from there she moved to the multinational communications company Discovery, where she led communication and events plans for almost 6 years. Her eagerness to expand her knowledge has led her to specialize through courses in the field of digital marketing, advertising on social networks and the organization and management of events. Now she is embarking on a new phase, looking for new hoaxes to debunk on INFOVERITAS.

VIRGINIA SESEÑA

Graduate in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid and Graduate in Advertising and Public Relations from the Rey Juan Carlos University. Ms. Seseña began her career in the world of communication in the regional television of Castilla-La Mancha as a reporter in the regional section. From microphone, camera, colored keyboard and avid, she moved on to blogs, websites, social networks and databases in the Content Department of Universia. Her passion for social networks led her to Unidad Editorial where she was responsible for social networks. She also was head of product marketing and logistics in the events and special actions Department for six years. In October 2020 she joined Finetwork where she coordinated their social networks. Now, as head of social networks at INFOVERITAS, she searches for hoaxes, fake news and disinformation on social media.

In the 'About us' (Nosotros), photos and detailed biographies of the four team members are published. However, the information available about these members does not include social media handles and/or means of contact with any of them. The applicant is kindly advised to improve this aspect.

In a first round of assessment of this criterion, the applicant was invited to make the improvements detailed below:

In the 'About us' page (Nosotros), photos and detailed biographies of the four team members are published. However, the information available about these members does not include social media handles and/or means of contact with any of them. The applicant is kindly advised to improve this aspect.

As suggested, the applicant has included the social mead handles (LinkedIn) and email accounts of all the team members. This information is available in the 'Team' page (Equipo). Thanks to these improvements, the assessment of this criterion is positive.

On our website we have a "contact" section where we invite our readers to ask any questions, suggest a fact-check or alert us to any errors, so our team can clarify, correct or update the article.

This is the direct link to the contact form: https://info-veritas.com/contacto/

In addition, on the home page of the website, we offer the option for readers to write directly to our email account.

On the other hand, through INFOVERITAS Twitter account and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/infoveritas/?viewAsMember=true) we encourage our followers to contact us. https://twitter.com/Infoveritas_

INFOVERITAS takes communication very seriously and for this reason we respond to all requests as soon as possible.

As you invited, we include an easier contact by email: https://info-veritas.com/contacto/

On our website we have a "contact" section where we invite our readers to ask any questions, suggest a fact-check or alert us to any errors, so our team can clarify, correct or update the article.

This is the direct link to the contact form: https://info-veritas.com/contacto/

In addition, on the home page of the website, we offer the option for readers to write directly to our email account.

On the other hand, through INFOVERITAS Twitter account and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/infoveritas/?viewAsMember=true) we encourage our followers to contact us. https://twitter.com/Infoveritas_

INFOVERITAS takes communication very seriously and for this reason we respond to all requests as soon as possible.

Users can communicate with Infoveritas through an easy-to-find contact form (Contacto). The applicant can also be contacted through WhatsApp, as well as several social media platforms such as Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, YouTube and Instagram.

As regards the contact by email (info@info-veritas.com), it is disclosed only in the Privacy policy (Política de privacidad) page, a quite hidden page for the average user. This is a lack of accessibility that should be improved. Also, as indicated in the assessment of criterion 4.4, staff members' emails or other alternative direct means of contact are not openly disclosed. Although the preference for an online form as a means of contact is understandable, the applicant is invited to allow also an easier contact by email.

In a first round of assessment of this criterion, the applicant was invited to make the improvements detailed below:

Users can communicate with Infoveritas through an easy-to-find contact form (Contacto). The applicant can also be contacted through WhatsApp, as well as several social media platforms such as Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, YouTube and Instagram.

As regards the contact by email (info@info-veritas.com), it is disclosed only in the Privacy policy (Política de privacidad) page, a quite hidden page for the average user. This is a lack of accessibility that should be improved. Also, as indicated in the assessment of criterion 4.4, staff members' emails or other alternative direct means of contact are not openly disclosed. Although the preference for an online form as a means of contact is understandable, the applicant is invited to allow also an easier contact by email.

As suggested, the applicant has included a clearly visible email account in its 'Contact' page (Contacto). Therefore, the assessment of this criterion is now positive.

INFOVERITAS has a section detailing the methodology used to carry our articles. Here is the link to the website where it is specified: https://info-veritas.com/metodologia/

We provide a positive label for the cases where fact-checks lead to confirm the claims: https://info-veritas.com/metodologia/

INFOVERITAS has a section detailing the methodology used to carry our articles. Here is the link to the website where it is specified: https://info-veritas.com/metodologia/

Infoveritas openly discloses its fact-checking methodology (Metodología), which is deemed sound and reliable. The methodology explains that claims can be labeled as  false (falso), deceptive (engañoso) or without evidence (sin pruebas). Surprisingly though, it doesn't foresee any labels to qualify the statements that turn out to be true. The applicant is kindly invited to consider adding such positive labels for the cases where fact-checks lead to confirm the claims.

In a first round of assessment of this criterion, the applicant was invited to make the improvements detailed below:

Infoveritas openly discloses its fact-checking methodology (Metodología), which is deemed sound and reliable. The methodology explains that claims can be labeled as  false (falso), deceptive (engañoso) or without evidence (sin pruebas). Surprisingly though, it doesn't foresee any labels to qualify the statements that turn out to be true. The applicant is kindly invited to consider adding such positive labels for the cases where fact-checks lead to confirm the claims.

As suggested, the applicant has added a fourth label - 'true' (verdadero) - to tag the claims that are confirmed as true. This information is available in the Methodology page (Metodología). After this improvement, the assessment of this criterion is now positive.

No additional evidence is required.

Drawing on a random review of a number of fact-checks published over six months prior to this assessment, no examples of infringement have been found that Infoveritas does not comply with this criterion.

No additional evidence is required.

Drawing upon a number of randomly selected fact-checks, the assessor has come to the conclusion that Infoveritas commits to transparency and fairness when processing claims. 

No additional evidence is required.

No evidence has been found of the eventual usage of different standards for fact-checking, depending on who made the claim, or the subject checked.

No additional evidence is required.

In the random sample of Infoveritas' fact-checks examined, no examples were found of the objectionable situations indicated for this criterion. In absence of any evidence of misbehaviour or infringement of this part of the code of principles, the assessment is positive.

INFOVERITAS invites readers to suggest a fact-check by submitting an email (info@info-veritas.com), or through our contact form (https://info-veritas.com/contacto/or by social media (https://twitter.com/Infoveritas_.

INFOVERITAS explains as part of its methodology (step 2) what readers can legitimately expect will be fact-checked and what isn’t fact-checkable: https://info-veritas.com/metodologia/

The applicant offers a WhatsApp number for the purpose of receiving claims or other requests. It's open also to receive claims through its contact form and email, although as indicated in the assessment of criterion 5.5, this email is not easy to find. Despite the deficiencies detected in the disclosure of the email account, this criterion is deemed as compliant. 

INFOVERITAS has a tab on its website which specifies its corrections policy. Link here:: https://info-veritas.com/politica-de-correcciones/

Some articles have been updated due to relevant information on the subject to be verified or to clarify the story. In all cases, we will provide a note to readers that explains the change, why it was made and when it was made, always according to our corrections policy: https://info-veritas.com/politica-de-correcciones/.

Below, two examples:

Article: The transport strike already affects products such as milk and oil.

Link: https://info-veritas.com/hay-riesgo-de-desabastecimiento-en-las-gasolineras-y-los-supermercados/

Article: Pfizer has not created a vaccine against monkeypox.

Link: https://info-veritas.com/pfizer-vacuna-viruela-del-mono/

Infoveritas allows users to send their claims and corrections, under a sound and easy-to-find corrections policy (Política de correcciones). As of the date of performing this assessment, there are no corrections requested by the users, but two updates (1, 2) had been published. According to these evidences, the overall assessment for this criterion is positive.

No additional information needed.

The corrections policy is very sound and it is explained with reasonable detail, so that readers can know in advance how their claims will be handled.

We take our work seriously and we believe in rigorous journalism. That’s why we invite our readers and sources to request a correction. So far, no correction request has been made.

Over the six-month period assessed (July. 2022 - Feb. 2023), there have been no examples of corrected fact-checks. However, two examples of updated fact-checks ( have been provided, which received adequate development. All in all, this criterion is deemed as compliant.

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Infoveritas is not an existing signatory.

No additional information needed.

We update the information required in our website. It can be consulted at the following link on the website: https://info-veritas.com/quienes-somos/

INFOVERITAS is a limited and unipersonal company with a registered office in Madrid and registered in the Mercantile Registry on 07/22/2022, inscription number 1, volume 43820, folio 140, section, page M-773339 as INFOVERITAS VERIFICA S.L., with CIF B 10921526 .

Its partner and sole administrator is the company AGRANDA, SL, with CIF B05358787, AGRANDA S.L., represented by its director Mrs. Isabel Macías Núñez. The founding partners of AGRANDA S.L. are Mr. Diego del Alcázar Silvela, Mr. Bieito Rubido Ramonde, Mrs. Macarena Rosado Corral and Mrs. Isabel Macías Núñez.

Diego del Alcázar Silvela has made all the financial contributions.INFOVERITAS has not income yet.

Infoveritas is a stand alone media organization, not bound to any parent media company. Nevertheless, as indicated in the assessments of several criteria, the relationship with the Agranda SL company should be clarified before assessing this criterion as compliant.

In a first round of assessment of this criterion, the applicant was invited to make the improvements detailed below:

Infoveritas is a stand alone media organization, not bound to any parent media company. Nevertheless, as indicated in the assessments of several criteria, the relationship with the Agranda SL company should be clarified before assessing this criterion as compliant.

As it has been explained in the assessments of several criteria above, the applicant now provides clear and comprehensive information on its ownership scheme. Thanks to these improvements, the assessment of this criterion is positive.