Mimikama

{{short description|Austrian fact checker website}}

{{use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Mimikama

| language = German

| founded = 2011

| url = {{URL|https://www.mimikama.org/}}

}}

File:Mimikama_official_reg.png

Mimikama is a fact-checking site based in Austria since 2011.{{cite news |work=Daily Beast |first=Kelly |last=Weill |title=German Neo-Nazis Say These Women Were Abused by Muslim Immigrants. They're Actually American Victims of Domestic Violence |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/german-neo-nazis-say-these-women-were-abused-by-muslim-immigrants-theyre-actually-american-victims-of-domestic-violence |quote=Mimikama, an Austrian fact-checking site, has tracked the meme's rise}} It is published in the German language and is anti-abuse.{{cite news |work=The Local |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20160203/fake-refugee-brothel-passes-cause-stir-online |date=3 February 2016 |title=Fake 'brothel vouchers' for refugees stir far-right hatred |quote=But as the German-language anti-Internet abuse initiative Mimikama reported recently, these tickets are fakes that have been popping up as a hoax for years.}}

In 2017 they provided context for images of women with bruised faces, showing they were victims of domestic violence and not foreign migrants, as some were arguing.{{cite news |work=The Observers |url=https://observers.france24.com/en/20180105-fake-images-racist-stereotypes-migrants |title=How fake images spread racist stereotypes about migrants across the globe |date=2018 |quote=Of the 16 women pictured, none are actually German and nor were they assaulted in Germany, according to the Austrian fact-checking website Mimikama, which tracked down the original sources of the photos.}}{{cite news |work=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/malmo-women-not-injured-sweden-riots-1716745-2020-08-30 |first=Arjun |last=Deodia |date=30 August 2020 |title=Fact Check: These women were not injured in the Sweden riots |quote=Using Google reverse image search, we found the viral collage was used in a report by The Observers in 2018. The article was about fake images used to spread "racist stereotypes" against migrants. Describing the picture collage, the article cited a report by Austrian fact-check website Mimikama, which tracked down the original sources of most of the pictures in 2017.}}

The developers of Hoaxmap also relied on it in 2016.{{cite news |work=Poynter Institute |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2016/hoaxmap-is-collecting-debunked-rumors-about-refugees/ |title=Hoaxmap is collecting debunked rumors about refugees |date=29 February 2016 |first=Alexios |last=Mantzarlis |quote=Schwarz is a consultant, Helm a software developer .. The two also rely on other online debunkers like mimikama.at, an Austrian debunking website (the map covers Austria and Switzerland besides Germany).}}