Verified

{{Short description|United Nations program to counter COVID-19 misinformation}}

{{For-multi|the word|wikt:verified|4=Verification (disambiguation)}}

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Verified is a United Nations project to improve access to accurate information. In the project the United Nations seeks to organize a network of millions of online volunteers to curate and fact check information online.{{cite web |last1=Edith M. |first1=Lederer |title=UN seeks millions of people to counter virus misinformation |url=https://apnews.com/4f786288e10bf3510adbe2c0f2b12b70 |website=AP NEWS |date=22 May 2020}} Verified has held a social media campaigns using hashtags to raise awareness about misinformation, such as #PledgetoPause,{{Cite web |title=Verified {{!}} #Pledgetopause |url=https://shareverified.com/pledge-to-pause/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Verified |language=en-AU}} #ItsPossible{{Cite web |title=Verified {{!}} #ItsPossible |url=https://shareverified.com/decide-itspossible/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Verified |language=en-AU}} and #OnlyTogether.{{Cite web |title=Verified {{!}} #OnlyTogether |url=https://shareverified.com/only-together/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Verified |language=en-AU}}

The project is a response to misinformation online related to COVID-19.{{cite web |last1=Besheer |first1=Margaret |title=UN Launches Effort to Counter COVID-19 Misinformation|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/covid-19-pandemic_un-launches-effort-counter-covid-19-misinformation/6189699.html |website=Voice of America |language=en |date=21 May 2020}} The project is especially concerned with online distribution of information.{{cite journal |last1=Stephenson |first1=Joan |title=United Nations Seeks to Counter COVID-19 Misinformation with Digital First Responders |url=https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/fullarticle/2766838 |journal=JAMA Health Forum |pages=e200700 |language=en |doi=10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.0700 |date=1 June 2020|volume=1 |issue=6 |pmid=36218508 |doi-access=free }}

India has expressed special interest in the project and is an organizer of it along with 12 other countries.{{cite web |title=India leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19 |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/140620/india-leads-initiative-at-un-to-counter-misinformation-on-covid-19.html |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |date=14 June 2020}} wikiHow has also partnered with Verified.{{Cite web |date=25 November 2021 |title=Are you sure you want to share that? Sorting online fact from fiction |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1106172 |website=UN News}}{{Cite web |title=How to Fight Misinformation Online - A Course authored by wikiHow and United Nations Verified |url=https://www.wikihow.com/Course/How-to-Fight-Misinformation-Online |website=wikiHow}}