Organization: MAFINDO
Applicant: Harry Sufehmi
Assessor: Yenny K
Background
Mafindo, one of the leading fact-checking organizations in Indonesia, was established in 2016 and became a signatory of IFCN in 2018. Its fact-check reports are prolific, and it is also active in grassroots outreach to educate the public about misinformation and disinformation, as well as in conducting research.
Assessment Conclusion
The applicant has satisfied all of the criteria and requirements set out by IFCN.
Yenny K assesses application as Compliant
A short summary in native publishing language
Pemohon telah memenuhi semua kriteria dan persyaratan yang diminta oleh IFCN.
Section 1: Eligibility to be a signatory
To be eligible to be a signatory, applicants must meet these six criteria
- 1.1 The applicant is a legally registered organization, or a distinct team or unit within a legally registered organization, and details of this are easily found on its website.
- 1.2 The team, unit or organization is set up exclusively for the purpose of fact-checking.
- 1.3 The applicant has published an average of at least one fact check a week over the course of the six months prior to the date of application. For applicants from countries with at least 5 or more verified signatories need to have at least a fact check a week over the twelve months of publishing track. Consult to factchecknet@poynter.org for confirmation.
- 1.4 On average, at least 75% of the applicant’s fact checks focus on claims related to issues that, in the view of the IFCN, relate to or could have an impact on the welfare or well-being of individuals, the general public or society.
- 1.5 The applicant’s editorial output is not, in the view of the IFCN, controlled by the state, a political party or politician.
- 1.6 If the organization receives funding from local or foreign state or political sources, it provides a statement on its site setting out to the satisfaction of the IFCN, how it ensures its funders do not influence the findings of its reports.
Criteria 1.1
Proof you meet criteria
Please explain where on your website you set out information about your organization’s legal status and how this complies with criteria. Attach a link to the relevant page of your website.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
"MAFINDO is an official association organization established on November 19, 2016, Deed No. 1 dated November 19, 2016 made by the notary ISMA JANUARTI, SH., M.KN.
Decree Establishment of Association of AHU-0078919.AH.01.07.TAH YEAR 2016 Minister of Law and Human Rights
Link to the organization's legal status : https://www.mafindo.or.id/sejarah-mafindo/
There's link to the decree of establishment in that page, which point to this document : https://www.mafindo.or.id/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SK-MAFINDO.pdf
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Mafindo is an Indonesian fact-checking organisation, which is legally registered at the Ministry of Law. This information is available on Mafindo's website: https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/sejarah-mafindo/
done_all 1.1 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 1.2
Proof you meet criteria
Please answer the following questions – (see notes in Guidelines for Application on how to answer)
1. When and why was your fact-checking operation started?
2. How many people work or volunteer in the organization and what are their roles?
3. What different activities does your organization carry out?
4. What are the goals of your fact-checking operation over the coming year?
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
1/ MAFINDO's fact-checking operation started as a grassroot debunking effort utilizing Facebook Forum at https://facebook.com/groups/fafhh/ at September 2015. We begun this effort due to the fact that the severity and volume of hoaxes kept on rising , and we thought that someone need to do something about this.
2/ We have 12 full time staff, about 1000+ local volunteers, and about 95 thousands online volunteers. The number & capacity of the available volunteers enable us to cover a lot of topics : public education, government advocacy, academic research, multilateral partnerships, public speaking at various national & international conferences, and of course debunking hoaxes everyday.
3/ We believe in a robust response, not a silver bullet. Therefore we try to cover as much grounds as possible - by mobilizing our volunteers and resources to do public education, government advocacy, academic research, multilateral partnerships, public speaking at various national & international conferences, build anti-hoax technologies, and of course crowdsourced fact-checking by our online community, which then help assist our professional fact-checker in doing their jobs.
4/ We have just succeeded in inserting critical thinking & digital literacy into the national education curriculum. This means that soon there will be massive, national-level scale of, public education on those topic. Whereby previously we had to muster considerable effort & resources for every single public education activity.
We have also finished our research on Prebunking (Social Inoculation), and have begun deploying it at national scale with support from our friends at various institutions.
And with the Presidential Election 2024 coming soon, we have created the Mafindo Election Taskforce, and have managed to gather support from various institutions to ensure a solid collaboration to face this very important event properly.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
1. Mafindo started in September 2015 as a reaction to the worsening proliferation of hoaxes.
2. They currently have 12 full-time staff, and a total of 96,000 volunteers.
3. Apart from fact-checking and debunking hoaxes, Mafindo also has outreach programmes such as public education, conduct academic research and build anti-hoax technologies. Mafindo also says they recently succeeded to include critical thinking and digital literacy to the national education curriculum.
4. As the 2024 presidential election is coming soon, they have created the Mafindo Election Taskforce to anticipate a wave of election-related disinformation and misinformation.
They also say they just completed research on prebunking (social innoculation).
done_all 1.2 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 1.3
Proof you meet criteria
- The applicant has published an average of at least one fact check a week over the course of the six months prior to the date of application.
- For applicants from countries with at least 5 or more verified signatories need to have at least a fact check a week over the twelve months of publishing track.
- Consult to factchecknet@poynter.org for confirmation.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Please find our published fact-checks at https://turnbackhoax.id
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Mafindo is a prolific fact-checking organisation. They consistently publish several fact-check reports on daily basis.
done_all 1.3 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 1.4
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will assess compliance through a review of the fact checks published over the previous three months. No additional information required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
A big proportion of Mafindo's fact-checks are on claims related to issues that, in the view of IFCN, relate to or could have an impact on public interests and the general public or society, such as politics, health and scams.
done_all 1.4 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 1.5
Proof you meet criteria
Please explain any commercial, financial and/or institutional relationship your organization has to the state, politicians or political parties in the country or countries you cover. Also explain funding or support received from foreign as well as local state or political actors over the previous financial year.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
We do not accept funding from Indonesian government, nor from any parties related to politics.
We begun our operations with fundings from our volunteers.
We have so far received fundings from Google News Initiative, Facebook, Love Frankie, WhatsApp, Luminate, IFES, Internews, Unicef, CDC, Unesco.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Mafindo's work, including fact-check output, does not seem to be controlled by the state, a political party or politician. It says it does not accept funding from the Indonesian government and political parties.
It receives fundings from different organizations such as: Google News Initiative, Facebook, WhatsApp, Internews, Unicef, Unesco. CDC, etc.
done_all 1.5 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 1.6
Proof you meet criteria
If you confirmed the organization receives funding from local or foreign state or political sources, provide a link to where on your website you set out how you ensure the editorial independence of your work.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
We do not accept funding from Indonesian government, nor from any parties related to politics.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Not Applicable.
done_all 1.6 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Section 2: A commitment to Non-partisanship and Fairness
To be compliant on nonpartisanship and fairness, applicants must meet these five criteria
- 2.1 The applicant fact-checks using the same high standards of evidence and judgement for equivalent claims regardless of who made the claim.
- 2.2 The applicant does not unduly concentrate its fact-checking on any one side, considers the reach and importance of claims it selects to check and publishes a short statement on its website to set out how it selects claims to check.
- 2.3 The applicant discloses in its fact checks relevant interests of the sources it quotes where the reader might reasonably conclude those interests could influence the accuracy of the evidence provided. It also discloses in its fact checks any commercial or other such relationships it has that a member of the public might reasonably conclude could influence the findings of the fact check.
- 2.4 The applicant is not as an organization affiliated with nor declares or shows support for any party, any politician or political candidate, nor does it advocate for or against any policy positions on any issues save for transparency and accuracy in public debate.
- 2.5 The applicant sets out its policy on non-partisanship for staff on its site. Save for the issues of accuracy and transparency, the applicant’s staff do not get involved in advocacy or publicise their views on policy issues the organization might fact check in such a way as might lead a reasonable member of the public to see the organization’s work as biased.
Criteria 2.1
Proof you meet criteria
Please share links to 10 fact checks published over the past year that you believe demonstrate your non-partisanship.
Please briefly explain how the fact checks selected show that (I) you use the same high standards of evidence for equivalent claims, (II) follow the same essential process for every fact check and (III) let the evidence dictate your conclusions.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
In 2024, Indonesia will have its Presidential Election. But since 2023, hoaxes attacking all potential presidential candidates are already spreading.
We debunk these hoaxes with no regard to who's being attacked by it / non-partisanship.
Some examples:
Fact-check on hoaxes which attack Anies Baswedan:
1. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/29/salah-video-pki-dukung-anies/
3. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/11/salah-gambar-anies-memegang-lem-aibon/
4. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/07/salah-anies-tidak-hafal-pancasila/
5. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/22/salah-ppp-putar-haluan-deklarasikan-dukung-anies-baswedan/
Fact-check on hoaxes which attack Ganjar Pranowo:
1. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/25/salah-jokowi-megawati-dan-pdip-tetapkan-duet-ganjar-gibran-2024/
3. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/21/salah-megawati-pecat-dan-batalkan-ganjar-jadi-capres-pdip/
5. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/28/salah-ganjar-pranowo-keturunan-belanda/
Fact check on hoaxes which attack Prabowo Subianto
1. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/29/salah-prabowo-menjadi-pusat-korupsi-alutsista-rp-1760-t/
2. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/29/salah-prabowo-rela-lepas-kewarganegaraannya-demi-selamatkan-diri/
3. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/08/29/salah-prabowo-jual-kekayaan-hutan-indonesia-ke-china/
4. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/07/30/salah-jokowi-ambil-alih-pdip-dan-dukung-prabowo/
5. https://turnbackhoax.id/2023/07/18/salah-prabowo-subianto-menjanjikan-uang-kepada-pendukungnya/
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Regardless who makes the claim, the applicant's fact-checks use the same high standards of evidence and judgement for equivalent claims.
done_all 2.1 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 2.2
Proof you meet criteria
Please share a link to a place on your website where you explain how you select claims to check, explaining how you ensure you do not unduly concentrate your fact-checking on any one side, and how you consider the reach and importance of the claims you select to check.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
On this page https://www.mafindo.or.id/metode-klasifikasi-hoax/ we explain this on heading "Metoda prioritasi hoax untuk di periksa" and on its English-version, "How we prioritize hoaxes to fact-check" , as follows :
We choose which hoaxes to debunk by using 2 criterias : severity and urgency.
A hoax which is severe and critical, will be prioritized for immediate fact-check.
On the other hand, a hoax which is not considered harmful nor urgent, such as satire, etc; will be only debunked if deemed necessary and/or if we have spare resources to do so.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
According to its webpage -- https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/metode-klasifikasi-hoax/ -- the applicant chooses to fact-check claims based on urgency and potential severity, prioritising those considered to be important and possibly harmful.
The output shows that they produced fact-checks that do not concentrate on only one side.
done_all 2.2 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 2.3
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will assess compliance through a review of the fact checks published over the previous year. No additional information required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
In its fact-checks, the applicant discloses the sources it quotes in its fact checks, such as the name and the title/position, therefore the readers might conclude by themselves the credibility and relevant interests of the sources it quotes where the reader might reasonably conclude whether the sources are credible and whether they have interests that could influence the accuracy of the evidence provided.
done_all 2.3 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 2.4
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will assess compliance through a review of the fact checks published over the previous year. No additional information required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Based on the fact-check output, there is no indication that the applicant is affiliated with nor declares or shows support for any political party, any politician or political candidate. The applicant does not seem tot advocate for or against any policy positions on any issues, except for transparency and accuracy in public debate.
done_all 2.4 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 2.5
Proof you meet criteria
Please share a link to a place on your website where you publish a statement setting out your policy on non-partisanship for staff and how it ensures the organization meets this criteria.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant's policy on non-partisanship for staff is laid out on on the Code of Ethics page on its website: https://www.turnbackhoax.id/tentang-kami/kode-etik/. It also reiterates its non-partisanship policy on the rules of its Facebook groups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fafhh/permalink/551452071853999/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/fafhh/permalink/325007307831811/
done_all 2.5 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Section 3: A commitment to Standards and Transparency of Sources
To be compliant on sources, applicants must meet these four criteria
- 3.1 The applicant identifies the source of all significant evidence used in their fact checks, providing relevant links where the source is available online, in such a way that users can replicate their work if they wish. In cases where identifying the source would compromise the source’s personal security, the applicant provides as much detail as compatible with the source’s safety.
- 3.2 The applicant uses the best available primary, not secondary, sources of evidence wherever suitable primary sources are available. Where suitable primary sources are not available, the applicant explains the use of a secondary source.
- 3.3 The applicant checks all key elements of claims against more than one named source of evidence save where the one source is the only source relevant on the topic.
- 3.4 The applicant identifies in its fact checks the relevant interests of the sources it uses where the reader might reasonably conclude those interests could influence the accuracy of the evidence provided.
Criteria 3.1
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the applicant’s use of sources in a randomised sample of its fact checks to assess compliance. No additional evidence is required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Mafindo identifies the source of all significant evidence used in their fact checks, giving relevant links whenever the source is available online, so that readers can replicate their work.
done_all 3.1 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 3.2
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the applicant’s use of sources in a randomised sample of its fact checks to assess compliance. No additional evidence is required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Mafindo, the applicant, generally uses the best available primary sources of evidence.
done_all 3.2 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 3.3
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the applicant’s use of sources in a randomised sample of its fact checks to assess compliance. No additional evidence is required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant usually uses more than one named source of evidence to check all important elements of claims, except when there is only source of evidence that is relevant on the topic.
done_all 3.3 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 3.4
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the applicant’s use of sources in a randomised sample of its fact checks to assess compliance. No additional evidence is required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
In its fact-checks, the applicant identifies the sources it uses so that the reader might reasonably conclude the sources' interests and whether they could influence the accuracy of the evidence provided.
done_all 3.4 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Section 4: A commitment to Transparency of Funding & Organization
To be compliant on funding and organization, applicants must meet these five criteria
- 4.1 Applicants that are independent organizations have a page on their website detailing each source of funding accounting for 5% or more of total revenue for its previous financial year. This page also sets out the legal form in which the organization is registered (e.g. as a non-profit, as a company etc).
- 4.2 Applicants that are the fact-checking section or unit of a media house or other parent organization make a statement on ownership.
- 4.3 A statement on the applicant’s website sets out the applicant’s organizational structure and makes clear how and by whom editorial control is exercised.
- 4.4 A page on the applicant’s website details the professional biography of all those who, according to the organizational structure and play a significant part in its editorial output.
- 4.5 The applicant provides easy means on its website and/or via social media for users to communicate with the editorial team.
Criteria 4.1
Proof you meet criteria
Please confirm whether you are an ‘independent organization’
or ‘the fact-checking section or unit of a media house or other parent organization’ and share proof of this organizational status.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
We are an "independent organization", as explained in this page: https://www.mafindo.or.id/sejarah-mafindo/ and further in this page: https://www.mafindo.or.id/struktur-organisasi/
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Mafindo is an independent fact-checking organization.
Its History page – https://www.mafindo.or.id/sejarah-mafindo/ – includes a link of a legal document from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights that show Mafindo's status as a non-profit.
done_all 4.1 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 4.2
Proof you meet criteria
If your organization is an “independent organization”, please share a link to the page on your website where you detail your funding and indicate the legal form in which the organization is registered (e.g. as a non-profit, as a company etc).
If your organization is “the fact-checking section or unit of a media house or other parent organization”, please share a link to the statement on your website about your ownership.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
"Financial reports : https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/financials/
Organization registration legal form : https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/sejarah-mafindo/
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The web page where Mafindo explains its funding – https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/financials/ – has financial reports from 2018 and 2019, but not more recent ones. Mafindo explains that it is currently working on its 2022 financial report with their tax consultant and aims to publish the pending financial reports in January 2024.
done_all 4.2 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 4.3
Proof you meet criteria
Please share a link to where on your website you set out your organizational structure, making clear how and by whom editorial control is exercised.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
https://www.mafindo.or.id/struktur-organisasi/
Editorial control is exercised by ""Komite Pemeriksa Fakta"" / ""Fact-checking Committee"", supervised by one of the Presidium, Mr Eko Juniarto, as explained in the ""Editorial Control"" section in this page: https://www.mafindo.or.id/metode-klasifikasi-hoax/
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
A statement on the applicant’s website sets out the applicant’s organizational structure -- https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/struktur-organisasi/. Another page of the website (Hoax Classification Method) -- https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/metode-klasifikasi-hoax/ -- explains how and by whom editorial control is exercised.
done_all 4.3 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 4.4
Proof you meet criteria
Please share a link to where on your website you set out the professional biographies of those who play a significant part in your organization’s editorial output.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The Team Profile web page – https://turnbackhoax.id/tentang-kami/team-profile/ – lists the names of people who play a significant role in Mafindo's editorial output -- namely the head of the fact-checking teams and the senior fact-checkers -- as well as their professional biographies.
done_all 4.4 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 4.5
Proof you meet criteria
Please share a link to where on your website you encourage users to communicate with your editorial team.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
We provide a special link for any inquiries for the editorial team on https://turnbackhoax.id/tentang-kami/kontak-kami/ , which is https://web.facebook.com/messages/t/MafindoID
This is visible to the whole team, not just a single mailbox - thus enabling a faster and more transparent response.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Mafindo provides a link how to reach them on their website – https://turnbackhoax.id/tentang-kami/kontak-kami/ – which leads to the inbox of its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/messages/t/MafindoID
done_all 4.5 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Section 5: A commitment to Standards and Transparency of Methodology
To be compliant on methodology, applicants must meet these six criteria
- 5.1 The applicant publishes on its website a statement about the methodology it uses to select, research, write and publish its fact checks.
- 5.2 The applicant selects claims to check based primarily on the reach and importance of the claims, and where possible explains the reason for choosing the claim to check.
- 5.3 The applicant sets out in its fact checks relevant evidence that appears to support the claim as well as relevant evidence that appears to undermine it.
- 5.4 The applicant in its fact checks assesses the merits of the evidence found using the same high standards applied to evidence on equivalent claims, regardless of who made the claim.
- 5.5 The applicant seeks where possible to contact those who made the claim to seek supporting evidence, noting that (I) this is often not possible with online claims, (II) if the person who makes the claim fails to reply in a timely way this should not impede the fact check, (III) if a speaker adds caveats to the claim, the fact-checker should be free to continue with checking the original claim, (IV) fact-checkers may not wish to contact the person who made the claim for safety or other legitimate reasons.
- 5.6 The applicant encourages users to send in claims to check, while making it clear what readers can legitimately expect will be fact-checked and what isn’t fact-checkable.
Criteria 5.1
Proof you meet criteria
Please provide a link to the statement on your website that explains the methodology you use to select, research, write and publish your fact checks.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant publishes conscise information about the methodology it uses to select and write its fact checks on its website: https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/metode-klasifikasi-hoax/.
done_all 5.1 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 5.2
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the methodology used in a randomised sample of your fact checks to assess compliance with these criteria. No additional evidence is required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
On its website -- https://www.mafindo.or.id/tentang-kami/metode-klasifikasi-hoax/ -- the applicant explains that it chooses to check claims based on how urgent and how severe the claims are, prioritizing claims that are urgent and may have severe effects.
done_all 5.2 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 5.3
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the methodology used in a randomised sample of your fact checks to assess compliance with these criteria. No additional evidence is required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
In its fact-checks, the applicant presents the relevant evidence that appears to support the claim as well as the relevant evidence that appears to undermine it.
done_all 5.3 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 5.4
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the methodology used in a randomised sample of your fact checks to assess compliance with these criteria. No additional evidence is required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Regardless who made the claim, the applicant assesses the merits of the evidence to debunk the claim, using the same high standards applied to evidence of equivalent claims.
done_all 5.4 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 5.5
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the methodology used in a randomised sample of your fact checks to assess compliance with these criteria. No additional evidence is required.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant does not try to contact those who made the claim to seek supporting evidence because this is usually not possible with online claims, which are the focus of their fact-checks, and fact-checkers usually do not wish to contact the person who made the claim due to safety or other legitimate reasons.
done_all 5.5 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 5.6
Proof you meet criteria
Please describe how you encourage users to send in claims to check, while making it clear what readers can legitimately expect will be fact-checked and what isn’t fact-checkable. Include links where appropriate. If you do not allow this, explain why.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
We actually, currently, are not encouraging our audience to send us claims to fact-check - because without even doing so, we are already drowning in these requests.
Thanks to our grassroot foundation, people know us and know how to reach us - and without asking, they are sending us the newest hoaxes they found from all around the Internet for us to fact-check
We got fact-check requests via email, Whatsapp, facebook messenger, instagram, and so on.
Thankfully this also help us to be always up to date on the latest situation, without spending too much effort and resources on (social) media listening.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Since 2021, Mafindo has not actively encoruraged readers to send claims to fact-check because thanks to their grassroots outreach efforts, the public know them and send them claims to fact-check. Mafindo says they receive fact-check requests via email, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram DM, etc.
done_all 5.6 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Section 6: A commitment to an Open & Honest Corrections Policy
To be compliant on corrections policy, applicants must meet these five criteria
- 6.1 The applicant has a corrections or complaints policy that is easily visible and accessible on the organization’s website or frequently referenced in broadcasts.
- 6.2 The policy sets out clear definitions of what it does and does not cover, how major mistakes, especially those requiring revised conclusions of a fact check, are handled, and the fact that some complaints may justify no response. This policy is adhered to scrupulously.
- 6.3 Where credible evidence is provided that the applicant has made a mistake worthy of correction, the applicant makes a correction openly and transparently, seeking as far as possible to ensure that users of the original see the correction and the corrected version.
- 6.4 The applicant, if an existing signatory, should either on its corrections/complaints page or on the page where it declares itself an IFCN signatory inform users that if they believe the signatory is violating the IFCN Code, they may inform the IFCN, with a link to the IFCN site.
- 6.5 If the applicant is the fact-checking unit of a media company, it is a requirement of signatory status that the parent media company has and adheres to an open and honest corrections policy.
Criteria 6.1
Proof you meet criteria
Please provide a link to where you publish on your website your corrections or complaints policy. If you are primarily a broadcaster, please provide evidence you frequently reference your corrections policy in broadcasts.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant's corrections or complaints policy page is available and accessible on the website: https://turnbackhoax.id/tentang-kami/policies-kebijakan/koreksi-open-honest-correction-policy/
It is under "About Us" drop-down menu, then "Policies".
done_all 6.1 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 6.2
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the corrections policy to verify it meets critera. No additional information needed.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago)
Thank you.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 10 months ago
The applicant's Open & Honest Correction Policy explains how they handle corrections.
done_all 6.2 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 6.3
Proof you meet criteria
Please provide a short statement about how the policy was adhered to over the previous year (or six months if this is the first application) including evidence of two examples of the responses provided by the applicant to a correction request over the previous year. Where no correction request has been made in the previous year, you must state this in your application, which will be publicly available in the assessment if your application is successful.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
"We did several mistakes during 2020 - but we learned from these lessons, and have never made any error again so far, nor anyone have made any request for correction.
We are planning to try keep this up.
Here are some of our past mistakes: https://turnbackhoax.id/2020/03/16/berita-perubahan-status-positif-corona-pegawai-telkom-yang-meninggal-di-rs-cianjur/
https://turnbackhoax.id/2020/03/21/berita-perkembangan-chloroquine-untuk-obat-covid-19/
https://turnbackhoax.id/2020/08/09/berita-sempat-sebut-hoaks-pasar-jaya-akui-ada-pedagang-pasar-mayestik-positif/"
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
According to Mafindo, there have not been any correction requests made in the previous year.
done_all 6.3 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 6.4
Proof you meet criteria
If you are an existing signatory, please provide a link to show where on your site you inform users that if they believe you are violating the IFCN Code, they may inform the IFCN of this, with a link to the complaints page on the IFCN site.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Yes, point 5 in this page: https://turnbackhoax.id/tentang-kami/policies-kebijakan/koreksi-open-honest-correction-policy/
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
On the Corrections page – https://turnbackhoax.id/tentang-kami/policies-kebijakan/koreksi-open-honest-correction-policy/ – the applicant provides a link to IFCN, so that if readers believe they violate the IFCN code, they can easily contact the IFCN.
done_all 6.4 marked as Compliant by Yenny K.
Criteria 6.5
Proof you meet criteria
If you are the fact-checking unit of a media company, please provide a link to the parent media company’s honest and open corrections policy and provide evidence that it adheres to this.
MAFINDO
03-Aug-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
This part is not applicable because the applicant is not a fact-checking unit of a media company.
Yenny K Assessor
02-Sep-2023 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
This is not applicable because the applicant is not a fact-checking unit of a media company.