Polygraph.info
Type of site | Fact-checking |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Voice of America |
| Founder(s) | Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Editor | Fatima Tlisova |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | 6 December 2016 |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | HTML, JavaScript |
Polygraph.info is a fact-checking website produced by Voice of America (VoA). Among many subjects, the website documents Russian disinformation and state-backed propaganda by the Chinese government.
The site launched on December 6, 2016. Radio Free Europe funded a three person team at Polygraph.info until February 2017. The team was led by Daily Beast senior editor Michael Weiss.
According to a 2018 article in Government Executive, by providing fact-checks in both English and Russian VOA "builds on the success of its year-old Russian-language television network Current Time TV... [which is] 24/7 programming to counter Russian disinformation and Iranian censorship."
As of April 8, 2020, the project employed five people. VoA journalist Jim Fry was its managing editor from November 2017 to November 2019. Investigative journalist, researcher and Russian expert Fatima Tlisova also works at Polygraph.info.: 76–77
A partner website in the Russian language is factograph.info, a joint project of RFE/RL and VoA.