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Newspunch explains that Facebook released a statement on December 15, 2016, advising users that they were starting a program to “work with third-party fact-checking organizations that are signatories of Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Code of Principles (IFCN)”.
I went to the Poynter website to take a further look.
This is who they have listed on their website: (https://www.globalmis.info/detail/initiatives/ifcn)
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
Google,
the National Endowment for Democracy,
the Omidyar Network,
Newspunch also makes a claim that the National Endowment for Democracy has financial links to the State Department.
Their PARTNERS Page
The following organizations represent thousands of global journalism outlets, bodies, and institutions between them and form the framing committee of the Global Council, representing the interests of their respective members.
ETHICAL JOURNALISM NETWORK
The EJN is a coalition of more than 60 groups of journalists, editors, press owners, and media support groups from across the globe and we are growing.
They are a registered UK charity and supervised by a Board and an international network of advisors.
Their supporters represent many different cultures and media traditions, but they share the conviction that the principles of ethical journalism are universal and a precious resource that builds respect for democracy and human rights.
EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is the world’s leading alliance of public service media (PSM). They have 73 Members in 56 countries in Europe, and an additional 33 Associates in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Their Members operate almost 2,000 television, radio, and online channels and services, and offer a wealth of content across other platforms.
Together they reach an audience of more than one billion people around the world, broadcasting in more than 120 languages.
The EBU operates Eurovision and Euroradio services.
GLOBAL EDITORS NETWORK
The Global Editors Network (GEN) is an international association of over 6,000 editors-in-chief and media executives with the mission of fostering digital innovation in newsrooms all over the world.
GEN has three main programs: Editors Lab, the Data Journalism Awards, Startups for News, as well as the Data Journalism Den (The Den), the global hub for the international data journalism community.
The organization’s flagship event, the GEN Summit, gathers over 750 participants from 70 countries.
GLOBAL FORUM FOR MEDIA DEVELOPMENT
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) is a network of journalism support and media assistance groups established in 2005 in Amman, Jordan.
The GFMD’s core value is to support the creation and strengthening of journalism and free, independent, sustainable, and pluralistic news ecosystems, as defined by the declarations of UNESCO at conferences in Windhoek, Almaty, Santiago de Chile, Sana’a, and Sofia.
Its main focus is to ensure proper collaboration as well as an exchange of information and experience among its members with a view to creating a strong, independent, and pluralistic media environment, which contributes to the development of empowered societies.
GFMD currently has an active membership of around 190 organizations in some 70 countries. Its secretariat is based in Brussels.
ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION
The Online News Association is the world’s largest association of digital journalists.
ONA’s mission is to inspire innovation and excellence among journalists to better serve the public.
Membership includes journalists, technologists, executives, academics, and students who produce news for and support digital delivery systems.
ONA also hosts the annual Online News Association conference and administers the Online Journalism Awards.
WAN-IFRA/WORLD EDITOR'S FORUM
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, or WAN-IFRA, is the global organization of the world’s press.
It derives its authority from its global network of 3,000 news publishing companies and technology entrepreneurs, and its legitimacy from its 80 member publisher associations representing 18,000 publications in 120 countries.
Their mission is to "protect the rights of journalists around the world to operate free media and provide our members with professional services to help their business prosper in a digital world and perform their crucial role in open societies."
Here’s an interesting fact about Poynter, the self-proclaimed “global leader in journalism”:
"They are funded by George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy (which has financial links to the State Department), Ebay’s Omidyar Foundation, and Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist who donated a massive $1 million to Poynter to create this anti-fake news mechanism."
"Craig Newmark is also a Clinton campaign donor. As is George Soros and Bill Gates, both big time supporters of the Clinton Foundation as well as Hillary’s election campaign fund. And another Poynter donor, Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar, is also a massive donor to Clinton, giving millions of dollars to the Foundation."
"Danish journalist Iben Thranholm said she was shocked that such obviously partisan fact-checkers would be allowed to control the narrative in United States politics. “It gave me goosebumps to hear those names because they have actually a very strong political agenda. It’s like there are a lot of people who think that it's dangerous not to be able to control the media, so to sort out what is supposedly the real news and the fake news is actually a way to control the narrative. So if you want to be in opposition to these political powers then you are going to be censored. Of course, this is a kind of censorship.”