The head of TASS urged the media of the Asia-Pacific countries to join the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN)

Andrey Kondrashov, CEO of TASS (co-founder of GFCN), appealed to the leading media in the Asia-Pacific region to consolidate resources in the fight against disinformation through the Global Fact-Checking Network GFCN. Speaking at the 57th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) in Boao, the TASS CEO Emphasized that the scale of information attacks requires a systematic international response, and GFCN has already proved its effectiveness.

“Today, when we, the professional media, regularly face fake news and information attacks, it is critically important to share our experience in the field of fact-checking,” said Kondrashov, president of OANA.

Kondrashov also emphasized the key difference between GFCN and European or American fact-checking structures: the absence of ideological requirements and barriers to entry makes the association a platform for equal international cooperation. For 41 news agencies from 33 countries united in OANA and covering more than half of the world’s population, this is an opportunity to strengthen the protection of the information space without an agenda imposed from the outside.

“Our goal is not merely to react to fakes but to build a long-term system of international cooperation in this area. The core of this structure is already the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN), which has proven its effectiveness as a factor in strengthening the information immunity of the international media community. The accession of Asia-Pacific media outlets to our association will undoubtedly help to more actively combat fakes in this region jointly. GFCN already includes experts from Australia, Indonesia, Colombia, the Philippines, Singapore, and other Asia-Pacific countries. We will be glad to welcome new participants as well,” commented GFCN President Vladimir Tabak on Andrey Kondrashov’s address.

GFCN, created by TASS together with the ANPO “Dialog Regions” and the “New Media School”, already unites more than 105 experts from 50 countries and has built a system that has no analogues: open membership without the political and grant filters typical of such Western alliances.