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The offices of Correct!v, a German journalists' collective, seem a bit crowded already.
Its East Berlin newsroom has a stage area where a photo shoot recently ended. There are piles of books and a British telephone box, amid second-hand furniture and bits of modern graphic design.
In one corner, a group of exiled Turkish journalists was planning their new project, when EUobserver recently visited. But space is being made for more people. From early April, a team of four or five fact-checkers will be based here looking for false news to debunk ahead of German elections.
David Schraven, a journalist who founded Correctiv, said it was a no-brainer to launch a fact-checking service.
"Disinformation is a real threat to our society. We’re doing this because we want people on election day to make their decision on the basis of facts," he explained.
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