Metabunk counters conspiracy claims through collaborative forum research

Evidence

While the typical fact-checking sites are primarily concerned with false news, metabunk.org focuses on research into conspiracy allegations. The portal is not set up as a classic information website or blog, but uses relatively old-fashioned forum software with sub-forums for various discussion topics. The initiator, the British-American author Mick West, thus deliberately relies on interaction and joint research with his numerous forum members. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 864

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