Strengthening the Fact-Checking Ecosystem in Croatia
Published Monday 23 June 2025 at 13:40
This report provides an update on the fact-checking ecosystem in Croatia, following the ADMO Report (Buconić, 2025) on platform-led initiatives for empowering users, researchers, and fact-checkers. While earlier fi ndings highlighted the dominance of a single factchecking
actor (Faktograf.hr), opaque funding mechanisms, and weak collaboration with Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), recent developments mark significant progress driven by EU regulations.
A key advancement is the launch of the national platform Točno tako (“Exactly so”), established through the EU-funded project Establishing Fact-Checking and Open Data Disclosure Systems. The platform coordinates the work of 21 newly formed, independent fact-checking initiatives, each focused on thematic areas such as food (FoodFacts) and gender disinformation (GenderFacts). It promotes knowledge exchange, editorial independence and accessibility for journalists, researchers and citizens.
The report was written by Marijana Grbeša.
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This report is part of the research activities carried out within the project “Adria Digital Media Observatory” funded by the Digital Europe
Program. The aim was to identify use of Generative AI in production of disinformation that was shared on social media during campaign for
the Croatian Presidential Elections 2024-25. [+]
