Meedan Check
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What it does
- 2025 usage
- In 2025, Check supported 34 languages and dialects, served 143,631 unique users, and powered 58 tiplines.checked 7 Oct 2026
- AI and language services
- The Check subprocessor list says AWS provides video transcription and OCR, Google Cloud API provides violent image detection and language identification, and OpenAI supports menuless tiplines and some similarity matching.checked 7 Oct 2026
- AI tools
- Multilingual AI tools work with videos, images, and audio files in partners’ workspaces.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API
- Meedan says some services may be available through APIs, subject to API terms that prohibit excessive calls and misuse of API tokens.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Check lets organizations work with groups they trust to meet their communities’ information needs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Data control
- Meedan says the organization controls its Check data and that data is shared only with explicit consent.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Data deletion
- Deleting a Check workspace deletes its data, while deleting an individual account removes personally identifiable information but retains that user’s workspace contributions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Meedan says Check data is hosted in Ireland.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Hosting and security
- Meedan’s Check privacy FAQ says Check data is hosted in Ireland and protected with encryption at rest and in transit, with access limited.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Meedan lists WhatsApp Business API for messaging, Zendesk Sunshine Conversations for omnichannel conversations, Slack for activity notifications, and Zapier for importing public RSS feeds as Check subprocessors.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Meedan describes Check as a tool for independent media, civil society, and human rights organizations working across the globe.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Media analysis
- Multilingual AI tools help partners spot trends and group videos, images, and audio files in their workspaces.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Messaging channels
- Partners can run tiplines that collect community content through WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, LINE, and Viber.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- Check’s terms say users must be over 18 to use the services.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Meedan’s 2020 post says Check is an open-source collaborative fact-checking and media annotation platform with an API and browser extension.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Check helps media organizations and civic engagement groups run fact-checking efforts during elections, protest movements, and public health emergencies.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- Meedan says it encrypts data at rest and in transit and limits access to data.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Meedan’s Check privacy FAQ directs questions to [email protected] and says the Check software license agreement describes product support, service levels, response times, and payment terms.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Tiplines
- Partners can collect content from community members through WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, LINE, and Viber.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2006checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United Stateschecked 23 Sep 2026
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