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On this episode of Lawfare\'s Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Baybars \\xd6rsek, the Director of the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute. Fact-checking has become newly prominent in recent years, as fact-checkers work to counter surges of online disinformation and misinformation. And it\\u2019s more important than ever right now in the middle of a pandemic, when incorrect information circulating online has immediate consequences for people\\u2019s health. Baybars has been on the front lines of fact-checking in recent years. Quinta and Evelyn spoke with him about the IFCN\\u2019s \\u201cFact-Checkers\\u2019 Code of Principles,\\u201d Facebook\\u2019s partnership with fact-checkers for content shared on their platforms, and why fact-checking is important right now.
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