关于我们
About Piyaoba 关于辟谣吧
Mission & Editorial Independence 使命&独立的内容
Editorial Ethics & Corrections / 编辑伦理与更正政策
Ownership & Governance / 所有权与治理
Fact-checking Methodology / 辟谣流程与标准
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辟谣吧（Piyaoba.org）是一个中文事实核查网站，旨在打击华裔美国人社区的谣言和假信息。“辟谣吧”在中文普通话中的意思是，“让我们做事实核查或澄清谣言”。
我们提供中文资源和工具来帮助华裔美国人有效的打击谣言和假新闻，网站提供的资源包括实时假新闻警报、假新闻报告和深度的事实核查文章。读者也可以向网站报告他们看到的谣言或假新闻来建议我们做事实核查。
辟谣吧由位于加州的非营利组织华人权益促进会（Chinese for Affirmative Action ，CAA)的中文数字互动团队管理， 我们的团队由资深媒体专家和中文记者领导，同时与众多独立的作家，事实核查员和数据科学家一起合作。
华促会成立中文数字互动团队的目的是向美国华人社区提供有关社会正义问题的准确信息和资源。为此，我们在微信上创立了微信公众号（请扫描下方QR关注我们），同时建立了JusticePatch.org网站，为美国华人社区提供原创和编译的一手文章，并开出了正义补丁的辟谣专栏。
而“辟谣吧”是我们之前工作的延续，通过系统地研究美国华人社区内的假新闻生态系统，我们将现有的事实核查工作得以深入和系统的在这个新的平台进行。
We offer in-language resources and tools to help Chinese Americans to combat misinformation and disinformation effectively, such as real-time alerts, reports, and in-depth fact-checking articles. Readers can also report and suggest misinformation and disinformation for fact-checking.
Piyaoba.org is managed by the Chinese Digital Engagement Team from Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), a non-profit organization based in California. Our team is led by Chinese journalists and media experts. We also work with many independent Chinese writers, fact-checkers, and data scientists.
CAA established its Chinese Digital Engagement Team for the purpose of providing accurate information to the Chinese American community about issues related to social justice. In particular, we’ve created channels on Chinese-language social media (e.g. WeChat. Please scan the below QR code to follow our Wechat public account), along with the website JusticePatch.org, to provide original and curated content and articles.
Piyaoba expands existing fact-checking efforts by systematically researching and documenting the misinformation and disinformation ecosystem within the Chinese American community.
Mission & Editorial Independence 使命&独立的内容
辟谣吧是一家总部位于旧金山的非营利、无党派事实核查机构。我们致力于核查美国华语社区中流传的谣言与假新闻，重点关注移民权益、经济正义、教育、健康与民生、社区安全、种族与社会正义以及公民参与等关键领域。我们的使命是核查对美国华人社区的发展至关重要的事实，我们不能也无法核查观点，无论某个信息和观点的政治倾向来自左派还是右派，我们都会核查其事实的真实性，并始终坚持严谨、客观、准确、透明的原则，确保事实核查的可信度。
此外，辟谣吧与其他以英语为非母语的事实核查机构紧密合作，共同研究并解决移民社区中准确信息缺失的问题。通过资源共享、技术合作和联合行动，我们探索有效的方法来应对不同语言和文化背景下的假新闻挑战.
Piyaoba is a San Francisco–based nonprofit, nonpartisan fact-checking organization. We are dedicated to fact-checking rumors and misinformation circulating within Chinese-speaking communities in the United States, with a particular focus on critical issues including immigrant rights, economic justice, education, health and public well-being, community safety, racial and social justice, and civic engagement.
Our mission is to verify facts that are critical to the well-being and development of Chinese American communities. We do not and cannot fact-check opinions. Regardless of whether the political orientation associated with a piece of information or viewpoint is from the left or the right, we apply the same standards in evaluating the accuracy of factual claims. We are committed to the principles of rigor, objectivity, accuracy, and transparency to ensure the credibility of our fact-checking work.
In addition, Piyaoba works closely with other fact-checking organizations serving communities where English is not the primary language to research and address the lack of access to accurate information in immigrant communities. Through resource sharing, technical collaboration, and joint initiatives, we explore effective approaches to addressing the challenges of misinformation across different languages and cultural contexts.
Editorial Ethics & Corrections / 编辑伦理与更正政策
辟谣吧致力于提供准确、透明、可核查的事实核查报道。我们的编辑工作遵循严谨、客观、准确和透明的原则，并尽可能使用可靠、可公开验证的原始资料和权威来源。我们区分事实与观点，不因信息或观点的政治立场而改变事实核查标准。
我们会在发布前对事实、数据、来源和引用进行核实，并在必要时咨询相关领域的专家、学者或事件当事人。事实核查文章会尽可能公开说明我们的证据、来源和核查过程，使读者能够了解我们如何得出结论。
更正政策
如果我们发现已经发布的文章存在事实错误、重要遗漏或其他影响报道准确性的错误，我们会及时核查并进行更正。
对于实质性错误，我们会在原文章中明确标注更正内容，并在适当情况下说明更正的日期及原因。我们不会在发现重大错误后删除原有错误信息而不作说明。
读者可以通过 contact@piyaoba.org 联系我们，报告可能存在的事实错误或提出更正请求。收到更正请求后，编辑团队会独立核实相关信息，并根据证据决定是否需要修改报道。提出更正请求并不保证文章一定会被修改。
我们也会定期检查已发布的事实核查内容，并在发现需要更新的信息时进行相应更新或注明相关变化。
PiYaoBa is committed to providing accurate, transparent, and verifiable fact-checking reports. Our editorial work follows the principles of rigor, objectivity, accuracy, and transparency, and we rely whenever possible on reliable, publicly verifiable primary materials and authoritative sources. We distinguish facts from opinions and do not alter our fact-checking standards based on the political orientation of the information or viewpoint being examined.
Before publication, we verify facts, data, sources, and quotations, and when necessary, consult experts, scholars, or individuals directly involved in the events in question. Our fact-checking articles make our evidence, sources, and verification process as transparent as possible, enabling readers to understand how we reached our conclusions.
Corrections
Piyaoba is committed to accuracy, transparency, and accountability in its fact-checking work. If we identify a factual error, significant omission, or other error that affects the accuracy of a published article, we will promptly review and correct it.
Substantive corrections will be clearly identified on the original article, including the date of the correction and, when appropriate, an explanation of what was changed and why. We will not silently remove significant errors without disclosure.
Readers may report potential factual errors or request a correction by contacting contact@piyaoba.org. Our editorial team will independently review correction requests and determine whether a correction is warranted based on the available evidence. A correction request does not automatically result in a change to an article.
We may also update previously published fact-checks when new, credible information becomes available and will identify significant updates when appropriate.
Ownership & Governance / 所有权与治理
辟谣吧（Piyaoba.org）由Chinese for Affirmative Action（华人权益促进会，CAA）运营和管理。CAA是一家总部位于加州旧金山的 501(c)(3) 非营利组织。辟谣吧是CAA中文数字互动项目的一部分，并非独立注册的法人实体。
董事会
CAA董事会负责对运营辟谣吧的组织实体进行治理与监督。为确保所有权和治理信息透明公开，CAA现任董事会成员名单及相关职务可在CAA官方网站查阅：CAA董事会成员。
如对辟谣吧的运营、编辑政策、所有权或治理有任何疑问，欢迎通过 contact@piyaoba.org 与我们联系。
Piyaoba.org is operated and managed by Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California. Piyaoba is part of CAA’s Chinese Digital Engagement program and is not a separately incorporated legal entity.
CAA’s Board of Directors provides organizational governance and oversight, including oversight of programs such as Piyaoba. Information about CAA’s current Board of Directors and their roles is publicly available on the CAA Board of Directors page.
For questions about Piyaoba’s operations, editorial policies, ownership, or governance, please contact us at contact@piyaoba.org.
Fact-checking Methodology / 辟谣流程与标准
本站详细的辟谣流程与标准如下：
第一步：信息监测、收集与记录
事实核查工作的第一步是有效监测和记录社交媒体平台上的中文社区中流传的谣言或疑似谣言。这一环节，我们通过建立辟谣吧假新闻数据库来确保核查工作的系统性。这一数据库不仅支持我们的日常核查工作，也帮助我们观察社区中的谣言趋势和动态。
数据库建设与维护方法：
一、人工梳理：辟谣吧假新闻数据库初期构建依赖于对过往中文谣言核查数据的人工整理，我们首先基于已辟谣的上百条案例，梳理出高频的假新闻关键词和传播账号。
二、利用自动化工具：数据库的日常更新和维护在人工筛选和判断基础上，整合利用了自动化社交媒体信息抓取技术与工具，主要包括：Junkipedia，一个提供特定社交媒体账号与关键词信息自动抓取功能和假新闻数据汇总的技术平台，以及辟谣吧与旧金山技术公司Meedan联合研发的技术平台：在Junkipedia的基础上，该平台增加了假新闻数据趋势分析和智能分类功能，并生成实时报告。
第二步：优先级的确定
在监测到潜在假新闻后，我们依据以下三项核心标准评估优先核查的内容：
议题相关性
– 是否属于我们关注的重点议题（如移民权益、经济、教育、健康与民生、社区安全等
– 阅读量高但与社区利益无关（如明星八卦或猎奇新闻）的内容不会优先核查。
传播广度与潜在影响
– 单条浏览量超过五千至上万次（单条浏览量过千次才会被收录，根据不同平台的互动数量进行加权），且出现跨平台传播（如中文推特、微信、电报群和小红书等多个平台）。
– 谣言是否在社区内引发广泛讨论或已经、可能造成显著负面社会影响。
可核查性
– 我们仅核查客观事实，不核查也无法核查主观观点。
– 考虑该议题是否超出了我们的能力范围，存在无法核查的情况，例如无法证伪的阴谋论。（我们沿用“谁主张谁举证”的原则。如果阴谋论无法证实，相应地也无法被证伪。我们要求阴谋论的提出者或传播者提供证据，而非由事实核查方证明其错误，这避免了不必要的压力和不公平的双重标准）。
– 是否为已反复辟谣的内容，或是否已有权威英文媒体进行过全面核查。
第三步：核查与辟谣
我们的核查员始终坚持严谨、客观、准确、透明的原则，确保核查过程专业可信，核查工作会重点验证信息来源的可靠性和核心逻辑推演的严谨性、数据和事实的准确性与客观性以及整个核查求证过程的透明性：
数据追溯：我们对相关事实与数据进行逐一验证，追溯信息源头，确保核查的准确与可靠性。我们会完整透明的呈现核查思路和过程，力求让读者在阅读我们的文章时，能够帮助其构建自己的核查体系。
专家求证：在必要情况下，咨询相关领域的学者专家或直接联系事件当事人，确保事实的准确以及结论具有权威性和公信力。
多视角分析：通过比对多方资料，排除单一视角可能造成的偏差。
观点与事实的区分：我们确保客观的对待所有来自左派和右派的假新闻，尤其是混杂观点与部分错误事实的假新闻，我们会提供证据，明确指出其中事实的错误部分，并帮助社区成员辨别事实与观点的界限。
最后：结论与发布
我们将核查结果以清晰、易懂的方式呈现，附加背景信息与参考资料，帮助社区成员理解并传播正确信息。辟谣吧的栏目分为“谣言警报”和“深度核查”两大类。“谣言警报”直接将传言分类为“真”、“假”和“半真半假”；“深度核查”则在事实核查的基础上，加入更深入的背景阐释与分析。
Our Fact-Checking Process and Standards
The detailed fact-checking process and standards used by Piyaoba are as follows:
Step 1: Monitoring, Collecting, and Recording Information
The first step in our fact-checking process is to effectively monitor and document rumors and suspected misinformation circulating within Chinese-language communities on social media platforms. To ensure that our fact-checking work is systematic and consistent, we maintain the Piyaoba Misinformation Database. This database supports our day-to-day fact-checking work while also helping us identify trends and developments in the spread of misinformation within the community.
How We Build and Maintain the Database:
1. Manual Review:
The initial development of the Piyaoba Misinformation Database relied on manually organizing data from previous fact-checking efforts involving Chinese-language misinformation. Based on hundreds of previously fact-checked cases, we identified frequently occurring misinformation-related keywords and accounts that have been involved in spreading misinformation.
2. Use of Automated Tools:
The database is updated and maintained through a combination of human screening and judgment and automated social media data collection tools. These tools primarily include Junkipedia, a technology platform that provides automated collection of information associated with specific social media accounts and keywords and aggregates misinformation data.
We also use a technology platform jointly developed by Piyaoba and San Francisco-based technology company Meedan. Building on Junkipedia, this platform incorporates misinformation trend analysis and automated classification capabilities and generates real-time reports.
Step 2: Determining Priorities
After identifying potential misinformation, we assess which content should be prioritized for fact-checking based on three core criteria:
Issue Relevance
- Does the content concern issues that are among our areas of focus, such as immigrant rights, the economy, education, health and public well-being, and community safety?
- Content that receives high levels of engagement but is unrelated to the interests or well-being of the community—such as celebrity gossip or sensational stories—is generally not prioritized for fact-checking.
Reach and Potential Impact
- Individual posts with more than approximately 5,000 to 10,000 views may be prioritized. Content with more than 1,000 views is eligible to be included in our database, with engagement levels weighted according to the characteristics of different platforms. We also consider whether the claim has spread across multiple platforms, such as Chinese-language Twitter/X, WeChat, Telegram groups, and Xiaohongshu.
- We consider whether the rumor has generated widespread discussion within the community or has already caused, or has the potential to cause, significant negative social impact.
Verifiability
- We fact-check objective factual claims, not subjective opinions, which cannot be fact-checked in the same manner.
- We consider whether an issue falls outside our ability to verify or cannot reasonably be fact-checked, such as certain unfalsifiable conspiracy theories. We follow the principle of “the burden of proof lies with the person making the claim.” When a conspiracy theory cannot be substantiated, it may likewise be impossible to definitively disprove. We therefore expect the person making or spreading the claim to provide supporting evidence rather than requiring fact-checkers to prove that the claim is false. This approach helps avoid placing unnecessary burdens on fact-checkers and applying unfair double standards.
- We also consider whether the claim has already been repeatedly fact-checked or comprehensively addressed by authoritative English-language media outlets.
Step 3: Verification and Fact-Checking
Our fact-checkers consistently adhere to the principles of rigor, objectivity, accuracy, and transparency to ensure that our verification process is professional and credible. Our fact-checking focuses on the reliability of information sources, the soundness of the underlying reasoning, the accuracy and objectivity of data and factual claims, and the transparency of the verification process as a whole.
Tracing Data and Sources:
We verify relevant facts and data individually and trace information back to its original sources to ensure the accuracy and reliability of our findings. We present our research methodology and verification process as transparently as possible, with the goal of helping readers develop their own fact-checking skills and evaluate information independently.
Expert Consultation:
When necessary, we consult scholars and experts in relevant fields or contact individuals directly involved in an event to ensure the accuracy of our findings and the credibility and authority of our conclusions.
Multi-Perspective Analysis:
We compare information from multiple sources and perspectives to reduce the potential bias that can result from relying on a single source or viewpoint.
Distinguishing Opinions from Facts:
We apply the same standards when evaluating misinformation associated with both the political left and right. When misinformation combines opinions with partially inaccurate or misleading factual claims, we provide evidence and clearly identify the factual elements that are incorrect, helping community members distinguish between facts and opinions.
Final Step: Conclusions and Publication
We present our fact-checking findings in a clear and accessible manner, supplemented by relevant background information and sources to help community members understand and share accurate information.
Piyaoba’s fact-checking content is organized into two primary categories: “Rumor Alert” and “In-Depth Fact-Check.”
Rumor Alert directly classifies a claim as “True,” “False,” or “Partly True.”
In-Depth Fact-Check goes beyond the basic verification of a claim by providing more extensive background information, context, and analysis.
我们的目标与挑战
我们深知事实核查工作的必要性，也意识到这项工作的艰难。但我们相信，一个健康的社会需要多种声音。我们希望辟谣吧能提供准确、可靠的事实与信息，并为美国中文社区成员提供一个可信赖的声音。
除了进行谣言监测外，我们还开通了“建议核查”渠道（请见首页），鼓励读者报告疑似谣言或希望我们核查的内容。所有提交的建议将根据我们的优先级标准进行评估。
尽管技术日新月异，但目前市场上尚未出现能够完全自动化事实核查的完备技术。此项工作在很大程度上仍依赖大量人力资源，尤其是在处理非英语信息时，我们面临着数据稀缺和平台数据抓取受限等问题。由于资源有限，我们与合作平台的运营和维护也需要投入大量的时间和精力。我们正在积极探索改进工作流程的方法，以提高效率并更好地应对这些挑战。在此过程中，我们期待读者给予耐心，并诚挚欢迎您的宝贵意见和建议，共同致力于打造一个真实、可信的海外中文信息环境。
