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Opinion > Columns
Vera Files linked to US State Department unit behind 'fact-checking' outfits
By Rigoberto D. Tiglao
Jun 26, 2023 12:19 am

VERA Files appears to be part of an international network of self-declared media 'fact-checkers' coordinated and supported by a US State Department unit called the Global Engagement Center (GEC), the Americans' newest propaganda outfit.

While organized way back in 2010, Vera Files started getting funds from the US government-funded National Endowment for Democracy only in 2017. This was after the GEC was created through the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act passed by the US Congress in 2016.

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