As the world faces up to the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, the need to stem the flow of misinformation has never been more critical. The Reuters Fact Check team is examining social media content closely in order to track viral claims made by users in the U.S. and now also in the U.K. By verifying or debunking these claims, we hope to play our role, aimed at the public’s interest, in reducing the rate at which inaccurate and potentially harmful posts are being shared at this time.
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Verification is a key part of Reuters strategy. Our fact-checking team constantly monitors social media to test posts for missing context, misinformation and disinformation. Our UGC team sources, verifies and clears social media content that our clients can use confidently in their news output. This rigorous reporting, together with our fact-based journalism from our bureaus helps drive our mission to be the most trusted news organization in the world, telling all sides and taking none.