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- Fatabyyano commits to always show all evidence found by the team when refuting or proving a claim in our review articles
- opinions of the review article editors can’t be used as an only source for proving or refuting a certain claim
- Fatabyyano take full responsibility for every review article published on its official website
- the sender of certain evidence to Fatabyyano can ask to show or hide his name and Fatabyyano can accept or refuse to use this evidence under these conditions without violating our methodology for example if the identity of the sender is considered part from the evidence Fatabyyano can’t accept the request of hiding the name till the last update for our methodology in January 2020, Fatabyyano doesn’t fact-check claims related to political opinions, official elections and others related to politicians announcement which is considered in most of it an opinion
- Fatabyyano commits that all of its editorial staff doesn’t belong to any political party and didn’t run for a political role in their countries as a part of Fatabyyano’s commitment to always stand as an independent organization without any political bias
- if a publisher of a certain claim removed it from his account, page or channel, Fatabyyano can remove his name from the review article or put a notice of his update when notified as our goal is to fight false information and stop its spread not certain individuals or entities
- Team members can participate occasionally in media but they are requested to avoid taking sides or biasing towards or against any side in conversations
- Fatabayyano has a clear code for transparency that is agreed upon by all members that they have to declare their political connections if exist and refrain from using Fatabayyano platform to advocate or promote for individual politicians or political parties
- Fatabyyano commits to correct any mistake done by Fatabyyano in its review articles, social media pages if there was evidence that confirms the mistake
- Fatabyyano commits to fact-check Arabic content to all the Arabs without regardless of any difference
تعمل منصة فتبينوا تحت 10 قواعد تحدد سياسة شفافيّة المنصة في العمل وتلتزم بها:
- تلتزم فتبينوا بإظهار جميع الأدلة عند نفي الادّعاءات أو اثباتها ولا يحق لها إخفاء هذه الأدلة.
- لا تعتبر آراء المحررين دليلاً يمكن الاعتماد عليه ولا تبنى التحقيقات على وجهات نظر العاملين في المنصة
- ” هذا المقال يعبّر عن رأي الكاتب ولا يعبّر عن اتجاه المنصة بالضرورة ” : هذه العبارة لا تنطبق على التحقيقات التي تنتجها منصة فتبينوا ولا بأي شكل من الأشكال وعليه تتحمل منصة فتبينوا المسؤولية الكاملة لوجود أي خطأ في أي تحقيق صحفي.
- المواد التي ترسل لمنصة فتبينوا يحق لمرسلها أن يطلب اظهار اسمه او لا ، ويحق للمنصة الموافقة أو الرفض بما لا يخالف قواعد العمل. فعلى سبيل المثال: ان كان اسم مرسل الدليل جزء لا يتجزّأ من الدليل تلتزم منصة فتبينوا بإظهار اسم صاحب الدليل بعد أخذ موافقته.
- فيما يتعلق بالجانب السياسي: ليس من التصنيفات التي تعمل فيها منصة فتبينوا وذلك حتى آخر تحديث لقواعد العمل ” 1 يوليو 2020 ” الآراء السياسية والبرامج الانتخابية والوعود النيابية وغيرها أو فيما يتعلق بتصريحات السياسيين التي تحمل الكثير من الآراء الشخصية.
- تلتزم منصة فتبينوا بأن يكون جميع العاملين في المنصة سواء ادرايين أو صحفيين لا ينتمون لأي حزب سياسي ولم يترشحوا لمنصب سياسي تلتزم منصة فتبينوا بأن تبقى منصة مستقلة بدون توجه سياسي معين في مقالاتها وتحقيقاتها.
- تلتزم منصة فتبينوا بالتحقق الموضوعي من مضمون الادّعاءات ذاتها، حيث يُقيَّم كل ادّعاء على نحوٍ مستقل ومحايد، بالاستناد حصراً إلى الأدلة والمصادر الموثوقة، دون افتراض صحته أو زيفه بناءً على الشخص أو الجهة التي قامت بنشره.
- يمكن لأعضاء المنصة المشاركة من حين لآخر في وسائل الإعلام ولكن يطلب منهم تجنب التحيز تجاه أو ضد أي جانب في المحادثات ، تلتزم منصة فتبينوا بالامتناع عن استخدام منصة فتبينوا للدعوة أو الترويج للسياسيين أو الأحزاب السياسية.
- تلتزم منصة فتبينوا بتعديل أي خطأ تقوم به أو تنشره على موقعها أو على حساباتها الرسمية إن وجدت الدليل الذي يثبت وقوعها في خطأ ما.
- تلتزم منصة فتبينوا أن تقدم خدمات التحقق من الأخبار والمعلومات للجمهور العربي بكل أصنافه وأطيافه وجنسياتهم.
الملكية والتسجيل القانوني
منصة فتبينوا هي منصة مستقلّة مسجّلة قانونيًّا في الأردن -عمان- منذ 22 فبراير 2016 بمقتضى أحكام قانون الأسماء التجارية رقم 9 لسنة 2006 في المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية- مديرية السجل المركزي ، وكجزء من خطة توسع فتبينوا، أصبحت الشركة ذات مسؤولية محدودة بموجب الوثائق المحفوظة لدى دائرة مراقبة الشركات في وزارة الصناعة والتجارة في المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية. فتبينو مسجلة كشركة ذات مسؤولية محدودة تحت الرقم 56602 ورقمها الوطني 200176261، ومعاذ نبيل هاشم الظاهر له سلطة التوقيع نيابة عن الشركة في جميع الأمور المالية والإدارية والقضائية والقانونية. في عام 2023، تم تسجيل فتبينوا في دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة كشركة ذات مسؤولية محدودة ، رقم الرخصة 33621, ورقم التسجيل DSO-FZE-31613، حيث يمتلك معاذ نبيل هاشم الظاهر 100% من الشركة ويملك صلاحية التوقيع نيابة عنها في جميع الأمور.
To maintain a high level of clarity and objectivity for Fatabyyano, Members of our editorial staff are not allowed to donate to political campaigns or participate in political activities of any party Fatabyyano has a clear code for transparency that is agreed and signed by all members that they have to declare their political connections if exist. And refrain from using the Fatabyyano platform to advocate or promote individual politicians or political parties. ” All Fatabyyano Members, whether they are Full-time or Part-time employees, freelancers, or trainees, are required to be completely politically independent, and have never been nominate for any political party or supported or donated to any political party, either directly or indirectly. ”
Fatabyyano uses the following criteria to accept or reject any funds, partnerships and/or sponsorships
1. The sponsor, partner, or funder can be any institution, organization, company, NGO, NPO, or individual, nationally or internationally. However, All must commit to ethical practices, align with Fatabyyano’s values and mission, and maintain transparency about their intentions, providing clear and honest communication regarding their expectations and contributions.
2. Neutrality: The sponsor, partner, or funder must not have any religious or political affiliation.
3. Content Independence: The sponsor, partner, or funder must not impose any restrictions or conditions on content development or editing. Fact-checking and content editing must remain completely independent by Fatabyyano.
4. The sponsor, partner, or funder must not intend to purchase content exclusively, as we are committed to making facts accessible to the public.
5. Ethical Standards: The sponsor, partner, or funder must adhere to ethical standards that align with Fatabyyano’s mission and values.
Fatabyyano is not controlled by any political parties either in Jordan or Outside Jordan. as well as Fatabyyano have no commercial, financial or institutional relationship to any , politicians or Political Actors or Political parties either inside Jordan or outside Jordan, Fatabyyano had Transparent Funding Policy.
الاستقلالية
يشترط على جميع العاملين في منصة فتبينوا، سواء كانوا موظفين دائمين أو متدرّبين أو يعملون بنظام الفريلانسرز، أن يلتزموا بالاستقلالية السياسية التامة. يتضمن ذلك عدم الانتماء لأي حزب سياسي، وعدم الترشح في الانتخابات لأي حزب أو جهة سياسية، سواء في الماضي أو الحاضر. كما يُشترط أن لا يكونوا قد قدموا أي نوع من الدعم، سواء كان مباشرًا أو غير مباشر، لأي طرف سياسي، سواء من خلال المساهمات المالية، أو التبرعات، أو المشاركة في الأنشطة السياسية، وذلك لضمان حيادية تامة وموضوعية في عملهم داخل المنصة.
تستخدم فتبينوا المعايير التالية لقبول أو رفض أي تمويل أو شراكات أو رعايات:
- يمكن أن يكون الراعي أو الشريك أو الممول أي مؤسسة، منظمة، شركة، جمعية غير حكومية (NGO)، منظمة غير ربحية (NPO)، أو فرد، سواء على المستوى الوطني أو الدولي. ومع ذلك، يجب على الجميع الالتزام بالممارسات الأخلاقية، والتوافق مع قيم ومهمة فتبينوا، والحفاظ على الشفافية بشأن نواياهم، مع تقديم تواصل واضح وصادق حول توقعاتهم ومساهماتهم.
- الحيادية: يجب ألا يكون للراعي أو الشريك أو الممول أي انتماء ديني أو سياسي.
- استقلالية المحتوى: يجب ألا يفرض الراعي أو الشريك أو الممول أي قيود أو شروط على تطوير المحتوى أو تحريره. يجب أن يبقى التحقق من الحقائق وتحرير المحتوى مستقلاً تمامًا من قبل فتبينوا.
- يجب ألا يهدف الراعي أو الشريك أو الممول إلى شراء المحتوى بشكل حصري، حيث نحن ملتزمون بجعل الحقائق متاحة للجمهور.
- المعايير الأخلاقية: يجب أن يلتزم الراعي أو الشريك أو الممول بالمعايير الأخلاقية التي تتماشى مع مهمة وقيم فتبينوا.
لا تخضع فتبينوا لأي سيطرة من الأحزاب السياسية داخل الأردن أو خارجه. كما أن فتبينوا لا تربطها أي علاقة تجارية أو مالية أو مؤسسية مع أي سياسيين أو شخصيات أو أحزاب سياسية سواء داخل الأردن أو خارجه. تتمتع فتبينوا بسياسة تمويل شفافة.
In 2019/2020: From 1 March 2019 until 1 May 2020
- – The period between 1 Mar 2019 and 1 Mar 2020, it was one of the Most Difficult Times for Fatabyyano Since it lunched. As we apply for a multiple of grants and investment opportunities either in Jordan or outside Jordan with No Luck!
– Fatabyyano was mainly funded by her Founder and CEO, Dr.Moath, it’s in the same period when Dr.Althaher left practicing Medicine to keep Fatabyyano stand up. - – In addition to that, Fatabyyano receives funds via Peacegeeks under the Artist in Residence Program. which help Fatabyyano for 2 Months, June & July 2020.
Artist in Residence It is a program designed to empower artists and content creators to develop their ideas and concepts and turn them into actual artworks. The program supports participants to develop content about topics and concepts that focuses on the values of peace and understanding (useful dialogue) in the communities. - – In the Third Quarter of 2019, INJAZ support Fatabyyano under “My-Startup Project”; They Support Fatabyyano by offering us Free Co-Working Space Areas, Meeting Rooms, Legal Consultations as well as Logistics & Technical support. Which cover a lot of Expenses.
Location: Jordan-Amman-Mecca Street-Building 46 – INJAZ – 5th Floor - – on Feb 2020 Dr.Althaher Give Paid Training; 40+ hours Fact-checking training for journalists, bloggers and media specialists in Uzbekistan supported by the UNESCO project Enhancing the Capacity of Uzbek Media to Serve the Public Interest Project”
- – On 19 March 2020 Facebook Announced it’s Partnership with Fatabyyano as a third Party Fact-checker in the Middle East & North Africa. Fatabyyano since 19 March 2020 has checked articles, images and videos on Facebook as part of the social network’s third-party fact-checking initiative. This work is funded by Facebook.
- – On 30 April 2020, The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and Facebook Announced the Final batch of CoronaVirus Fact-checking Grants and Fatabyyano received Funding for their Project: F-19 Vs. COVID – 19.
This project aims to fight misinformation in 19 Arab countries by delivering 19 packages composed of animated videos, fact-checked articles, and infographics. The team will use sign language in its visual production to reach a wider audience.
In 2020/2021: From 1 May 2020 until 31 July 2021
– In 2020/2021, the main source of Funding for Fatabyyano was our Partnership with Facebook as a third Party Fact-checker in the Middle East & North Africa. Fatabyyano since 19 March 2020 has checked articles, images, and videos on Facebook as part of the social network’s third-party fact-checking initiative. This work is funded by Facebook Company.
– In May 2020, Fatabyyano signed a contract with https://cfi.fr/fr. for the Production of infographics, videos, and a “fake-news tracker under the Name, Rumor is Virus, too!
and here you can check all the content that had been produced as well as the Fake News Tracker
– In Feb 2021, Fatabyyano signed an agreement with the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter Institute for media studies, INC. for REMOTE TEACHING AND MENTORING PARTNERSHIP. to work together to design and conduct trainings in Tunisia between 22nd of February and 30th June 2021.
In 2021/2022: From 1 Aug 2020 until 31 Dec 2022
– In 2021/2022, the main source of Funding for Fatabyyano was our Partnership with META as a third Party Fact-checker in the Middle East & North Africa. Fatabyyano since 19 March 2020 has Fact-checked articles, images, and videos on Facebook and Instagram as part of the social network’s third-party fact-checking initiative. This work is funded by META.
For more information, Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Program.
The list of Facebook independent fact-checking partners, by country
– In April 2022, Fatabyyano signed an agreement with the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter Institute for media studies, to receive a Fund under the Global Fact-Checking Mentorship Program to deliver the Drawing out the health fact-checking protocol program,
Fatabyyano provides fact-checkers with the tools, techniques and resources to investigate health misinformation and disinformation. The training addresses the different types of medical studies, the most common mistakes journalists make when dealing with medical articles, and reasons why people believe health misinformation. By the end of this program, the mentor and mentees will work as a group to create well-structured, informative and authentic protocols and guidelines that support the fact-checkers who deal with health-related misinformation around the world. Best practices will be published and translated into six languages. )
– In September 2022, had been Selected to receive a grant under the ” Spread the Facts Grant Program “, This program is in partnership between the IFCN at Poynter Institute and META.
This project aims to enhance and escalate Fatabyyano’s WhatsApp fact-checking across 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. They are aiming to reach 25,000 users through regular broadcasts, and monitor and fact-check viral claims on WhatsApp closely, covering all trends and events such as climate change, COVID-19, the 2022 World Cup and regional conflicts and elections.
In 2023/2024: From 1 Jan 2023 until 31 Dec 2025
- the main source of Funding for Fatabyyano was our Partnership with META as a third Party Fact-checker in the Middle East & North Africa. Fatabyyano since 19 March 2020 has Fact-checked articles, images, and videos on Facebook and Instagram as part of the social network’s third-party fact-checking initiative. This work is funded by META.
- On Feb 2023 Fatabyyano receives funds from Meedan . As a Meedan partner, Fatabyyano launched a tipline for earthquake crisis response and regional awareness campaigns. and on Meedan collaborated with Fatabyyano to create Kinan, the first fact-checking tipline for an Arabic-speaking audience.
- On July 2023 Fatabyyano Fatabyyano receive funds from the ICFJ, A workshop in partnership with ICFJ was conducted in Kenya in person for 5 trainers from MENA region, The goal of the project was to return to their countries and train 60 more people on media literacy and fact-checking, the project was part of a three-year global project run by ICFJ with lead funding from the Scripps Howard Fund.
- On March 2024. The IFCN conducted three rounds of grant-giving in the first year of the fund: BUILD, GROW and ENGAGE. funded by Google/YouTube, Fatabyyano has been granted for BUILD award on the Project: Strengthening Fact-Checking in the MENA Region: Scaling Up and Upgrading Online Presence. Fatabyyano will use the funding to enhance website development through a detailed review, hiring a skilled web developer, conducting user testing, and upgrading analytics for a user-friendly website. It will also upgrade infrastructure, content management systems, and publishing tools, implement comprehensive security audits, and invest in staff development.
- On March 2024 we contracted with TikTok. As a fact-checking partner with TikTok, Fatabyyano receives funds to cover fact-checking in the Middle East region, assessing content accuracy to enable moderators to apply Community Guidelines. This partnership is part of TikTok’s Global Fact-Checking Program.
- In November 2024, Fatabyyano was awarded a GROW 2024 grant by the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute, with funding support from Google and YouTube. The grant supports to develop of TrendCheck tool, an AI-powered tool for real-time monitoring and analysis of Arabic dis/misinformation trends and narratives, focusing on health pandemics, climate change, natural disasters, and elections.
- During 2024/2025, Fatabyyano’s primary funding relied on partnerships with TikTok and Meta under their fact-checking programmes, which concluded in mid-2025. Looking ahead to late 2025/2026, Fatabyyano is working to secure new funding and partnerships to ensure sustainability, with a strategic focus on strengthening training services and developing AI-driven fact-checking tools to support long-term financial and operational resilience.
:We follow our methodology and Fact-checking transparency policy in responding to every claim
We divide the Fact-checking Explanatory Article into 2 main parts
:The FIRST is the claim part which contains the exact claim transcript without our editing or a summary of the claims if the claim investigated is a long video
:Example of summary
– Then take a screenshot of the claim from the most popular or the most engaging post that shared the claim, then we cite this page name and description when the claim was published and How much engagement it got until the moment of writing the claim and we write this date. then we describe the engagement or how much spread mainly by saying how many shares it got and how many views if it was a video this single claim post got
Then, we search social media platforms for similar claim posts or by using tools like CrowdTangle or by using Google or Yandex Search Engines and cite those in our Fact-checking article for better clarify how widely spread this claim, ( to cover most of claim links on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube..etc ) and also it helps in rating the claims for Facebook recently
:example showing this
Currently, In most of our Fact-checking articles, we using different archiving websites like Perma.cc or https://archive.fo/ to archive the main source of the claim, as may the claim publisher will remove the claim whatever it was a ( post, video, photo..etc ) we keep a copy of it to keep a copy of the video or the post to ensure that anyone read our review article can review the original content of the main claim, in addition to that we also archive the main evidence in most of our Fact-checking articles, especially if we suspect it may be deleted at any time
:example showing this here
the Second part is the rating part where we describe the evidence we found and how we reached the rating of this claim
we follow our methodology and transparency policy to ensure that anyone can find the sources we used and repeat our process to ensure its validity
we use Google search tools as our main tool for fact-checking. we use google reverse image search to find the source of images mainly as well as videos we might encounter
example here
we use Google search to find sources related to the post we are investigating by trying different keywords that we think will lead us to more information about the post we investigate. we tend to use every possible clue in the post we investigate and use it in our search to make sure we reach the sources that are related to the post. we also use what we find from our search to further improve the keywords when looking for more sources and information.
example here
if the post is attributed to a person or institute, we make sure to try and contact the person or the institute DIRECTLY to fact check they say that or not and whether they have any comment about the post we investigate and make sure to publish what they say in our post and on our website article about the post
Example of Fatabyyano Team Contact the owner of an Iraqi Social initiative here
Example of Fatabyyano Team Contact a Tunisian Doctor, As it was claimed that he said that the COVID19 Pandemic would end in Tunisia in February 2021, and after contacting him, we found that the claim was False and that he did not say that
An Example of Fatabyyano Team Contacting a restaurant owner (DITS) to get an official statement after a viral altered video showing people falling and dying in his restaurant
An Example of Fatabyyano Team reaching out to a participant in X-factor from Ukraine to confirm his nationality and get an explanation of what happened to him during the auditions
.An Example of Fatabyyano Team Contacting an Egyptian young man to verify his health after misleading news spread about his death in his wedding
An Example of Fatabyyano Team Reaching out to a photographer to get details of a photo he took in 2016
An Example of Fatabyyano Team reaching out to a German photographer to inquire about a photo he took in front of BMW museum
General speaking: we build our response upon multiple sources to ensure the credibility and the accuracy of our response and we rarely respond to a post with only one source, This is clear in the posts mentioned above and all of our Articles on our website
:In other Claims, We use many tools that are available to us in debunking viral videos for examples
.in this article we used satellite imagery to detect fire in a specific time in KSA to confirm the evidence
.Using Error Level Analysis “ELA” scan to detect if the image has been manipulated example here
.Using google maps (street view) to confirm a location and compare it to the claim example here
.Using google earth (historical imagery) to confirm a location and compare a recent photo with an old one example here
.Using (inspect element) in google chrome to read the web page data for evidence example here
Using an image translation site to detect the language and translate to English, + Using the archive to scrap old/deleted data from websites example here
.Fatabyyano is an Independent legally-registered institution set up for the purpose of fact-checking. registered in 22 / Feb / 2016. On 10 Feb 2020, and as a Part of Fatabyyano Expansion Plan we become a Limited Liability Company, Pursuant to the documents kept with the Companies Control Department at the Ministry of Industry & Trade at The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Fatabyyano Company is incorporated as a Limited Liability Company under N 56602 with Entity National Number 200176261, And Moath Nabeel Hashem Althaher shall be authorized to sign on behalf of the Company in All Financial, administrative, Judicial, Legal and in other matters. In 2023, as part of Fatabyyano’s expansion vision, Fatabyyano was registered in UAE/Dubai as an LLC. Reg Number: DSO-FZE-31613, Licence number 33621 Moath Nabeel Hashem Althaher is authorized to sign on behalf of the company in all financial, administrative, judicial, legal, and other matters and owns 100% of the company.