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Gigafact helps local newsrooms engage readers and build trust. Rebuilding factual foundations locally Gigafact helps local newsrooms respond constructively to everyday questions rumors confusions and claims that circulate in their communities. In so doing newsrooms gain a new way to inform their readers build civic bridges hold public officials to account and unlock growth opportunities. We are a nonpartisan nonprofit rooted in the idea that systemic change can be enabled by stimulating thousands of points of coordinated local action and we see technology as a lever to amplify impact create scale and ensure lasting transformation that rebuilds the factual foundations of our communities.