SNU FactCheck Center

The Seoul National University (SNU) FactCheck Center is the first and only fact-checking platform in South Korea. The center was established under the cooperation of the SNU Institute of Communication Research and twenty-seven major South Korean media outlets (as of November 2019). SNUFactCheck is a not-for-profit public information service for which the SNU Institute of Communication Research provides the web platform and the media outlets provide verified, high-quality content. The media outlets collaborating with SNU Fact Check Center verify 1) the validity of statements made by officials, politicians, and candidates during debates, speeches, interviews, press releases, and other official formats and 2) the validity of statements dispersed to the public via the press or the social media. The objective of such fact-checking exercises is to help improve the knowledge and understanding of public matters on the part of constituents and all information consumers. The SNUFactCheck Committee, an independent entity consisting of experts from the academia and journalism industry, is in charge of the highest-level decision-making at the SNU FactCheck Center, ensuring the political autonomy and management transparency of the center.