The latest chapter in the long-simmering battle between world football’s governing body and its wealthiest regional confederation has turned into a sharply personal, legally explosive clash. FIFA, in a U.S. court filing, has responded to UEFA’s attempts to obtain sensitive documents through a rarely used legal mechanism known as a Section 1782 application. For those unfamiliar with the process, it allows parties in foreign proceedings to gather evidence in the United States, and UEFA has been aggressively using it to pull back the curtain on FIFA’s inner workings. But FIFA’s response was anything but diplomatic. The organization did not simply…

There is a particular kind of courage that does not wear a uniform or carry a flag, but shows up every day with a keyboard, a database and an unshakeable belief that facts still matter. That courage was on full display at FactFest 2026, a two-day gathering held on September 27 and 28 in Bangladesh, where around one hundred fact-checkers, journalists, researchers, academics and students came together for something far more urgent than a routine conference. Organised by Digitally Right in partnership with the Fojo Media Institute under the Media Safety in the Digital Age project, with support from the…