Organization: Patikrinta 15min
Applicant: Eglė Zicari
Assessor: Martins Kaprans
Background
The company "15min", which manages the portal 15min, is a non-political, profit-seeking media company belonging to the largest media group in the Baltic States - "Postimees Group". The purpose of "Patikrinta 15min" is to publish objective, unbiased and accurate information.
Assessment Conclusion
The applicant fully complies with the IFCN code of conduct. The 2022 publications of "Patikrinta 15min" demonstrates that fact checks are accurate and reliable. The applicant has a transparent ownership structure.
Martins Kaprans assesses application as Compliant
A short summary in native publishing language
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago)
'Patikrinta 15min' is a project of the second largest online media outlet in Lithuania - 15min.lt
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago)
The applicant has provided sufficient information about its status.
done_all 1.1 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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?
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
1. 'Patikrinta 15min' was set up in 2016.
2. Currently, there are 1 editor and 1 full-time journalist who do fact-checks. Every '15min' journalist is free to join 'Patikrinta 15min' after a training.
3. 'Patikrinta 15min' is the first fact-checking project in the Baltic States. At the beginning, our goal was to fact-check claims of various politicians, in 2017 we added Government's promise tracker, in 2018 a new section '15min Primena" was created, it is dedicated to remind promises and track opinion changes. Moreover, as Facebook Third Party Fact Checkers Programme partners from 2018, we are debunking hoaxes found in social network. The articles in which we are factchecking claims are labeled with badge 'Patikrinta 15min'.
4. As the demand for fact-checks is growing even more (not only due to the pandemic but also because of the war in Ukraine), we have already enlarged our team and will continue to increase our capacity so as to be able to do more fact-checking.
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The provided information proves that the applicant meets the IFCN criteria.
done_all 1.2 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Please see attached a spreadsheet with fact-checks that we published in past six months.
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant has consistently and regularly published fact-checks that make more than one fact check a week.
done_all 1.3 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
Fact-checks published by the applicant have broad thematic coverage. Over the previous months, fact-checks have particularly focused on the content related to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
done_all 1.4 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
We have no financial or institutional relationships to any political party or politicians.
For our fact-checking cooperation, we get financial compensation from Facebook through the Third Party Fact Checkers Programme, but Facebook doesn't interfere in our work. We choose freely which topics we fact-check and publish. We explain our cooperation here: https://www.15min.lt/patikrinta-15min/partneryste-su-facebook
We set out how we are funded here: https://www.15min.lt/patikrinta-15min/apie
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant's status fully complies with the understanding of non-partisan organization. It performs an independent editorial policy in producing fact-checks.
done_all 1.5 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant provides sufficient information about its editorial policy.
done_all 1.6 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
These 10 fact checks show at 'Patikrinta 15min' we take the same standards for quotes of politicians, regardless their political party, we also fact check the most influential officials from prime minister to the president. We follow the same essential process for every fact check i.e. we look for statistics or official documents as well as other information for proving that the quoted message is correct or false, partially correct or partially false. Comments by the author of the quote are also included so as to learn which information they rely on, where does it com from. Obviously, no matter how weird they sound, some statements might be true and based on official and correct information that is probably not well known. Thus only the data that we collect during the fact-checking process dictates the final conclusion.
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The provided links demonstrate that the applicant adheres to the rules of non-partisanship.
done_all 2.1 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The provided information explain how the applicant ensures a balanced approach to fact-checking and how it addresses the reach and importance of claims.
done_all 2.2 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The selected fact-checks published in 2022 fully comply with the IFCN criteria. The applicant discloses relevant interests of the sources it quotes in fact checks.
done_all 2.3 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The fact checks published in 2022 suggest that the applicant is not affiliated with nor declares or shows support for any party, any politician or political candidate.
done_all 2.4 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
https://www.15min.lt/patikrinta-15min/apie
Moreover, every employee of 15min signs the code of principles. It says, that they can not be member or support any candidate or political party and can not advocate or take policy positions on any issues not strictly related to fact-checking. Moreover every employee of 15min fills the annual declaration of interests. Management declarations are published online: https://www.15min.lt/interesu-deklaracijos
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant has provided a link where its policy on non-partisanship is clearly declared and explained.
done_all 2.5 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The randomized sample of fact checks suggests that the applicant provides relevant links where the source is available online.
done_all 3.1 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The randomly selected sample shows that the applicant uses reliable primary and secondary sources.
done_all 3.2 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The randomly selected sample of fact checks indicates that the applicant corroborates all key elements of claims against more than one named source of evidence.
done_all 3.3 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
A randomized sample of fact checks suggests that the applicant identifies the relevant interests of the sources it uses.
done_all 3.4 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
'Patikrinta 15min' is the fact-checking section of the second largest online media outlet in Lithuania - '15min'. This is declared here: https://www.15min.lt/patikrinta-15min/apie
'15min' as part of '15min Group' is owned by Margus Linnamäe via AS Postimees Grupp and OU UP Invest (60 %) and 'UAB 4 Bees' (40 %). https://www.15min.lt/akcininkai
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant has provided proof that it is ‘the fact-checking section or unit of 15min Group.
done_all 4.1 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The provided link reveals main funding sources and indicates the legal form of the applicant. The applicant demonstrates transparency as regards its ownership.
done_all 4.2 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The provided link set out the applicant’s organizational structure and makes clear how and by whom editorial control is exercised.
done_all 4.3 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The provided information on the applicant's webpage outlines the professional biography of the staff involved in creating fact checks.
done_all 4.4 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
We encourage our readers to send claims to verify or contact us in case they spotted a mistake made by us or our claims lack evidence or there are new circumstances that are important to mention in our articles. We attach form to do it with every article we fact-check a political claim. Also we publish contacts here: https://www.15min.lt/patikrinta-15min/taisykles Also everyone can find an email of the author of every publication.
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant provides readers with an opportunity to communicate with the editorial team via email. The applicant reminds about the opportunity to take part in fact-checking in every published article.
done_all 4.5 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant has explained the methodology that is used to select, research, write and publish fact checks.
done_all 5.1 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The randomly selected sample shows that the applicant selects claims on the basis of their reach and importance and, where possible, it explains the reason for choosing the claim to check.
done_all 5.2 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The randomly selected sample suggests that the applicant sets out relevant evidence in fact checks that appears to support the claim as well as relevant evidence that appears to undermine it.
done_all 5.3 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The randomly selected sample shows that the applicant assesses the merits of evidence by using the same high standards applied to evidence on equivalent claims, regardless of who made the claim.
done_all 5.4 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The randomly selected sample suggests that the applicant seeks to contact those who made the claim to seek supporting evidence. If the person who makes the claim fails to reply, this does not impede the fact check. If a speaker adds caveats to the claim, the fact-checker continues checking the original claim.
done_all 5.5 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
We encourage our readers to send claims to verify. We attach form to do it with every article we fact-check a political claim. Also we publish contacts here: https://www.15min.lt/patikrinta-15min/taisykles
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The provided information demonstrates that the applicant encourages users via webpage send in claims to check.
done_all 5.6 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant has a corrections and complaints policy that is explained in details on the its website.
done_all 6.1 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
Criteria 6.2
Proof you meet criteria
The assessor will review the corrections policy to verify it meets critera. No additional information needed.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
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Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant's website sets out clear definitions of what it does and does not cover, how major mistakes are handled.
done_all 6.2 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
When we are correcting an article we put new information and add a red line that the article was corrected. In the past year, we haven't received grounded complains. Complains that we got were mostly related to Facebook policy regarding spread of false information on social network, so we published forms, how to deal with that here: https://www.15min.lt/patikrinta-15min/partneryste-su-facebook
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant has provided explanation on how its correction policy was implemented during the previous year.
done_all 6.3 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant has provided a link to the IFCN site.
done_all 6.4 marked as Compliant by Martins Kaprans.
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.
Patikrinta 15min
28-Feb-2022 (2 years ago) Updated: 2 years ago
Martins Kaprans Assessor
01-Dec-2022 (1 year ago) Updated: 1 year ago
The applicant has provided sufficient information that demonstrates that the parent media company adheres to an open and honest correction policy.