Australian Associated Press (AAP) is Australia’s independent national newswire service. Founded in 1935, AAP has been described as the backbone of Australia’s media sector, supplying wholesale text and images to hundreds of news outlets across the country. In 2019 AAP established a dedicated fact checking unit, AAP FactCheck, to directly tackle misinformation and disinformation through debunks, prebunks and media literacy education. AAP FactCheck is Australia’s leading third-party fact checker.