Presskit - April 2025
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Filming, checking, and bearing witness.
The Observers team at France 24
checks information and images. They
identify attempts at disinformation and
manipulated images circulating on
social media, through the help from a
network of 5,000 ‘Observers’.
A daily column by the Observers
team, deconstructing fake news and
information manipulation.
On the websites of France Médias
Monde’s channels, all content related
to the manipulation of information can
be found in this common tab, available
in various languages of the Group.
In a highly tense international context, with a f lood of fake
news, propaganda and the manipulation of information,
France 24 and all the France Médias Monde channels are the
defenders of independent, honest, balanced and verif ied
news broadcast worldwide. The f ight against disinformation
is a common thread running through the Group’s editorial
activities. France 24’s Observers team, for instance, is a
pioneer in fact-checking, positioned amongst the leading
international groups in the f ield. Whilst this effort is ref lected
throughout France 24’s editorial offering, several programmes
in the schedules are specif ically dedicated to debunking fake
news and deciphering manipulation of information: