The 'fact checkers', who check the news, an important role in times of fake news, have been proposed to the Nobel Peace Prize.
The idea comes from a Norwegian parliamentarian, Trine Skei Grande, former leader of the Liberal Party.
"We live in an age where fighting lies is so important that Joe Biden talked about it in his speech - he explained -. This year I proposed fact checkers for the Nobel Peace Prize. They need our support." .
The parliamentarian, in particular, proposed the International Fact-Checking Network (Ifcn), a network made up of dozens of media and organizations active around the world in the verification of the facts including France Presse, Washington Post, Reuters, as well as the site South African Africa Check web and organizations in Asia and South America.
In his inaugural speech on Wednesday, the new US President Biden spoke of an "attack on democracy and truth" and said that citizens and leaders have a duty to "defend the truth and defeat the lies".
The Nobel Institute in Oslo accepts all valid applications, submitted before the January 31st deadline.
The winner of the 2021 Peace Prize will be announced in early October.
Last year the prestigious award went to the World Food Program (Wfp).