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The Influence Foundation will accept gifts, grants and sponsorships from individuals and organizations for the support of its activities, but Filter’s news judgments will be made independently. Editorial decisions will be inspired by the journalistic values of relevance, fairness, thoroughness and accuracy.
The sole way in which The Influence Foundation’s sources of revenue may affect Filter’s editorial decisions is when The Influence Foundation accepts restricted grants to support reporting on specific areas of coverage. In such cases, any viewpoints expressed in the course of that coverage will remain the sole decision of Filter’s editorial team. All restricted grants are publicly described on our list of funders, and articles funded by restricted grants will be publicly identified as such.
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[This policy was adopted by the board of The Influence Foundation on July 23, 2019.]