Factchequeado launches to combat misinformation in Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S.

Last month, Factchequeado launched as a way to address misinformation in Latino and Spanish-speaking communities in the United States.

Founded by Laura Zommer of Chequeado in Argentina and Clara Jiménez Cruz of Maldita.es in Spain (both are fact-checking organizations), the idea for the venture emerged when Jiménez started noticing that misinformation in Spanish targeting U.S. Latinos was also reaching Spanish speakers in Spain. She figured that the misinformation must have made its way to Argentina too, so she reached out to Zommer.

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