Faktisk
 Faktisk  (Censor, Fact-checker)    | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Formation | 2017 |
| Founder | Kristoffer Egeberg |
| Headquarters | Norway |
| Sponsored by | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Schibsted |
| Norwegian "fact-checking" website with close personnel ties to the intelligence services and the military. | |
Faktisk.no ("Actually.no") is a Norwegian "fact-checking" website. It was founded in 2017.
Contents
Activities
In 2018 it announced a partnership with Facebook to "fact-check" content on the platform[1]for it then to be censored[2].
Military-intelligence ties
Kristoffer Egeberg, editor-in-chief since its inception, announced his resignation with immediate effect in June 2023 to assume a position in the Norwegian secret surveillance and intelligence service Norwegian Police Security Service.[3]
His successor, Stian Eisenträger, came from the military, as editor-in-chief of the military magazine Forsvarets forum.[4]
State Department
Faktisk is intimately tied to the military[5] . A 2022 hit piece on "Russian propaganda in alternative media"[6] followed a report[7] from the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) closely, using the same examples and terminology. Faktisk admits the wording, with terms like ecosystem" and "third pillar", are taken from a US State Department document entitled "Pillars of Russia's Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem"[8] According to Faktisk, "NATO's Center for Strategic Communications (Stratcom) uses the term information laundering. This means that information passes through several intermediaries that distort and hide its origin – so that it should ultimately appear legitimate. The US State Department calls the network an ecosystem. Actors draw material from each other, translate, process and refine it further. Then it is picked up by a third player. - This can increase the scope and spread, but also help to blur where the news originally comes from, says Eskil G. Sivertsen, special adviser at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)."[6]
Funding
It was funded through a cooperation between major media coroprationof Norway, including the state broadcasting company NRK, the media conglomerate Schibsted (which owns Verdens Gang and Aftenposten) and the newspaper Dagbladet.[9] Schibsted is the largest partner. It is part of the International Fact-Checking Network.[10]
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation | State TV and radio corporation dominating the national media landscape. |
| Schibsted |
References
- ↑ https://www.faktisk.no/artikler/7Q1/faktiskno-blir-faktasjekkpartner-med-facebook
- ↑ https://journalisten.no/faktiskno-bryter-viktige-medieprinsipper-nar-de-selger-seg-billig-til-facebook/354753
- ↑ https://journalisten.no/faktiskno-redaktoren-gar-av-gar-til-pst/578392
- ↑ https://www.forsvaretsforum.no/forsvarets-forum-medier-pressemelding/stian-eisentrager-forlater-forsvarets-forum/343489
- ↑ https://steigan.no/2023/09/personalunion-mellom-faktisk-og-staten/
- ↑ a b https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/667vzo/slik-spres-russisk-propaganda-i-norske-alternative-medier
- ↑ https://publications.ffi.no/nb/item/asset/dspace:7086/21-01237.pdf
- ↑ https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pillars-of-Russia%E2%80%99s-Disinformation-and-Propaganda-Ecosystem_08-04-20.pdf
- ↑ https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/rL1j7l/polaris-media-og-amedia-blir-eiere-i-faktisk-no
- ↑ https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2017/rivals-become-partners-in-norways-newest-fact-checking-project/
