Pledge to Oppose Fake News

Sign on to adopt this pledge and use it in all your communication.

I pledge, in my writing, my speaking, and my use of social media, to strive to fact-check every source twice before I quote it or pass it on, using reliable fact-checking resources such as factcheck.org or snopes.com that list their own resources on their websites.

Bearing in mind that statistics are often blatantly manipulated, I will do my best to avoid using intentionally biased or misleading numbers.

When I am able to identify a fake news source, I will make an effort to contact that source and register my strong objection. I will expose fake news sites without passing on their untruthful information.

I pledge to do this to the best of my ability because a “post-fact” and/or “post-truth“ nation is no nation at all.