Central de fatos: um repositório de checagens de fatos

Abstract

In recent times, the research interest in dissecting the dissemination and prevention of misinformation in the online environment has spiked dramatically. Given that scenario, a recurring obstacle is the unavailability of public datasets containing fact-checked instances. In this work, we performed an extensive data collection of such instances from the most important Brazilian fact-checking agencies. Particularly, this paper offers to the research community a novel dataset containing fact-checks from various trustworthy sources regarding a wide range of topics. In total, the resulting collection encompasses 11 647 fact-check instances collected across 6 different agencies that can be used to drive future efforts towards identifying and fighting misinformation on digital platforms in Brazil.