Farhad Souzanchi — an Iranian fact-checker who goes by a pseudonym out of fear for his family’s safety — hasn’t talked to his mother since the war broke out . “I communicate with her through a friend who’s a journalist and has an internet connection,” said Souzanchi, who runs Factnameh from exile in Toronto. “I tell him, can you tell my mom this? Or can you check in on her? And then he’ll talk to her.” The Iranian government has shut down the internet inside the country, cutting off Iranians from the outside world and leaving state media as one of their only sources of information. A “North Korea-esque situation,” he said. He spends up to 14 hours a day debunking misinformation about the war and its preceding uprisings, and his team of 10 works in shifts as it has unfolded. “It’s been nonstop crisis mode for us since the protests began late December,” he said.…