International Fact-Checking Day was introduced at a conference for journalists and fact-checkers at the London School of Economics in June 2014.
… officially created in 2016 and first celebrated on April 2, 2017. …
It rose in importance after the 2016 elections, which brought fake news, as well as accusations of it, to the forefront of media issues. …
The invention of the Internet ➙ and Social Media made it much easier to circulate disinformation and misinformation.
What that means for YOU and ME is that we need check everything with sources we trust.
Rick McCharles 