Analyzing the Content of Fact-Checking Organizations in Japan

Abstract

This study examine the content verified by fact-checking organizations in Japan. Our results show that the number of fact-checks by each organization remained consistent throughout the year. Besides, X is most common platform on which information subject to fact-checking was disseminated. Additionally, we found that all of the organizations were fact-checking about the same middle media. Compared to that result, there are fewer checks targeting the media and politicians. Therefore, we can see that middle media is an important subject for fact-checking.