Taiwan FactCheck Center
Source Passport
TW-C-00002-1
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- Legal name
- 財團法人新北市台灣事實查核教育基金會
- Country
- Taiwan
- Type
- Civil society organisation
- Founded
- 2018
- Director or chair
- 黃兆徽 Huang Chao-Hui (Chair of the Board)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 14 August 2026
0 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
5 of 6 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name on record, not yet checked
- Who leads it on record, not yet checked
- How it is funded on record, not yet checked
- Named funders on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- 台灣事實查核中心
- Taiwan FactCheck Center
- TFC
- Registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- tfc-taiwan.org.tw, 組織架構 (organisational structure), read 2026-10-20 (legal name 財團法人新北市台灣事實查核教育基金會; founded April 2018 by 台灣媒體教育觀察基金會 (Taiwan Media Watch Foundation) and 優質新聞發展協會 (Quality Journalism Development Association); first fact-check published 31 July 2018; converted into the foundation at the end of 2020; board of 7-15 directors elects the chair, who nominates the executive director)
- tfc-taiwan.org.tw, 董事會 (board of directors), page modified 2026-10-19, read 2026-10-20 (third board: chair 黃兆徽 (Huang Chao-Hui); ten directors listed; Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, Threads, TikTok links)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Founders or members with control Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type 台灣媒體教育觀察基金會 (Taiwan Media Watch Foundation, co-founder) Direct Other 優質新聞發展協會 (Quality Journalism Development Association, co-founder) Direct Other - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- None
- Network or umbrella organisation Pending check
- International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) - certified signatory (six consecutive years as of March 2025)
2 sources
- tfc-taiwan.org.tw, 組織架構 (organisational structure), read 2026-10-20 (legal name 財團法人新北市台灣事實查核教育基金會; founded April 2018 by 台灣媒體教育觀察基金會 (Taiwan Media Watch Foundation) and 優質新聞發展協會 (Quality Journalism Development Association); first fact-check published 31 July 2018; converted into the foundation at the end of 2020; board of 7-15 directors elects the chair, who nominates the executive director)
- tfc-taiwan.org.tw, board statement on the chairman's personal post, 25 Mar 2025, read 2026-10-20 (then chairman 羅世宏; TFC is non-profit, board members are unpaid, it accepts no donations from government bodies, political parties or politicians; IFCN-certified for six consecutive years)
Who pays?
Money
Not yet verified
- Income mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders and donors Pending check
Funder Type Note Meta Company third-party fact-checking partnership since 2019; about half of annual income (TFC, Feb 2025) Open Society Foundations Foundation NT$8,214,250 in 2022 Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI) Foundation NT$2,362,395 in 2023; NT$1,396,801 in 2021; NT$151,950 in 2022 Twitter Company NT$320,000 in 2022 Meedan Other NT$283,787 in 2021; NT$85,853 in 2022 CTBC Bank (中國信託) Company NT$1,000,000 in 2019; NT$900,000 in 2018 Cheng-Han Education Charitable Trust (承翰教育公益信託基金) Foundation NT$1,000,000 in 2019 Google (Google Taiwan / Google News Initiative) Company NT$205,376 in 2020; NT$79,423 in 2021
3 sources
- tfc-taiwan.org.tw, statement on donations received from the Open Society Foundations, 10 Feb 2025 (modified 19 Sep 2025), read 2026-10-20 (OSF/FOSI donations 2021-2024 total NT$14,487,800; 'revenue from the Meta partnership makes up half of the centre's annual income'; Meta third-party fact-checking programme a revenue source since 2019)
- tfc-taiwan.org.tw, 財務與捐款報告 (finance and donation reports), read 2026-10-20 (registered as 財團法人新北市台灣事實查核教育基金會; has refused donations from governments and political figures since 2018; donors and amounts by year 2018-2023, e.g. 2023 Foundation Open Society Institute NT$2,362,395; 2022 Open Society Foundations NT$8,214,250, Twitter NT$320,000, Meedan NT$85,853; 2021 FOSI NT$1,396,801, Google GNO NT$79,423; 2020 Google Taiwan NT$205,376; 2019 CTBC Bank NT$1,000,000, Cheng-Han Education Charitable Trust NT$1,000,000)
- tfc-taiwan.org.tw, board statement on the chairman's personal post, 25 Mar 2025, read 2026-10-20 (then chairman 羅世宏; TFC is non-profit, board members are unpaid, it accepts no donations from government bodies, political parties or politicians; IFCN-certified for six consecutive years)
Where does it appear?
Channels
Partly verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts Pending check
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/taiwantfc/ X twitter.com/taiwantfc Instagram instagram.com/taiwan_factcheckcenter/ YouTube youtube.com/channel/UCRrO7rwIR0n7P1K2Fc7CIXA Threads threads.net/@taiwan_factcheckcenter TikTok tiktok.com/@taiwan_factcheckcenter
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Money, Channels) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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