About us

Falso: is a digital researching platform, work on monitoring the quality of press content in Libya, monitoring the professional ethics related to hate speech, incitement, fighting rumors and misleading news, according to a research methodology based on ethical principles, of the press and free and responsible media values, and aims to encourage the Libyan public to report and verify information amid the spread of false and misleading news Face is a digital researching platform, working on monitoring the quality of journalistic content in Libya, and document the professional breaches, related to hate speech and misleading news, according to research methodology and on ethical principles of the press, and free and responsible media values, it aims to encourage the Libyan public to report and verifying information within the spread of false and misleading new phenomena.

Falso platform is on the projects managed by the Libyan center for freedom and press, and it’s a part of the structural and legal reform program, and it is considered one of the tools for accountability for media outlets, and monitoring the journalistic content, with a rigorous scientific methodology the huge technological advancement and the rise social media network, with the decrease of the efficiency of classical forms of media caused, a significant increase in the number of digital media and the focus the owners of political money and their establishment and their miss-use of these digital media, in spreading false and misleading news enticing the. public, caused the intensity of the current political and social session to rise a team of monitors is working 24 hours 7 days a week to watch on 20 different media outlets, documenting any professional breach on covering the armed conflicts, hate speech, and misleading biased news, they will publish 3 months report, and daily reports on both their website and social media channels to showcase and highlight the errors and breaches by the media channels chosen by local and international classification made on the number of visitors and followers, local ranking in terms visitors and followers in 2017, the Libyan center for freedom and press created a monitoring unit to report on 12 T.V channel 8 hours a day per a channel for 6 months, with 3860 monitored Television hour, …….. Professional breaches have been observed, some of which are related to hate speech, and other to armed conflict and terrorist activities.

Based on a study by the Libyan center of freedom and press on the ownership of news outlets in Libya, 60 % .of the explored 22 Libyan city specimen are relying on social media, while 41% thinks that digital platform is more accurate, trustworthy and transparent in covering and following on the running events in Libya.

Goals

  • To contribute to improve the press content, and fighting misleading news and hate speeches.
  • To work on creating a culture of accountability of the Libyan media to the society, urging the public to practice verifying and checking the news and other information provided by other media outlet To measure the extent to which digital media adheres to the principles of journalistic honor and codes of professional conduct, and applies them to published content.
  • To detect and check for any false misleading news and enticing headlines, and to do right and correct them by getting in touch and dealing with its source.
  • To detect, categorize, analyze, hate speech, and inciting vocabulary used by show hosts, and political analysts.
  • To spread awareness on the dangers of the professional breaches to the general public and internet users, and societies eight for information, also to provide alternatives chosen from high-quality professional outlets, in dealing with information and its source.
  • To create new professional practices in monitoring and accountability of media based on professional and scientific foundations