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This doesn't really deal with the issues involved in "fake news". What it does is let you know with confidence that you have what someone is asserting - namely,
by ThrustVectoring 10y ago
This doesn't really deal with the issues involved in "fake news". What it does is let you know with confidence that you have what someone is asserting - namely, that they say they took this photo at this time and place with that smartphone.
This doesn't touch on all the other ways of influencing the narrative that news organizations have. Editorial discretion is a huge factor. Someone high up in, say, the WSJ, can decide that manufacturing importance for a story is in their best interest, and now we see these facts brought to our attention instead of those ones.
- empressplay 10y agoEvery news organisation has editorial bias. Those who say they don't are either liars or fools.
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- choward 10y agoThere is a huge difference between bias and a straight up lie.
- RangerScience 10y agoIt provides a baseline from which to build. If I have a news article that cites sources, and eventually those sources are verified in this kind of manner, then I can "know" something.
- nl 10y agoBias is an issue too, but blatantly false news is a real problem which is worth fixing.
- ahartman00 10y agoI think this is a cool project. But I dont think this fixes fake news. Like 2xlbuds says above, "I doubt the sort of person who would believe in conspiracies will take the time to understand what digital fingerprinting is" [1] 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13729304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13729304