General Terms and Conditions for the Use of the Online Services of Profil Redaktion GmbH [Allgemeine Nutzungsbedingungen (ANB) für die Nutzung der Online-Angebote der Profil Redaktion GmbH]

Name of code

General Terms and Conditions for the Use of the Online Services of Profil Redaktion GmbH [Allgemeine Nutzungsbedingungen (ANB) für die Nutzung der Online-Angebote der Profil Redaktion GmbH]

Originator of code

Faktiv by Profil

Country

Austria

Original language

German

Year of creation

2020

Type of code

Journalism

Main frame of accountability

Market

Transparency

Public

Legal and regulatory context

Non-mandatory

Implementation and enforcement

Voluntary

Diversity

No

AI/automation

No

Abstract

Faktiv, the fact check from the Austrian news magazine Profil, examines claims from the government and opposition to identify any misleading and fake news. The aim is that user can form their opinions about political debates on a solid basis of facts. Therefore, Faktiv’s statements are categorised in one out of seven options, which are either: 1) a fact or rated as one; 2) mostly correct; 3) misleading; 4) unsubstantiated; 5) mostly false; 6) clearly false or 7) fictitious. This course of action is voluntary.

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