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Finally something viable to combat fake news
by nahimn 8y ago
Finally something viable to combat fake news
- v_lisivka 8y agoRussian government backed trolls will use this system to spread fakes instead. Wikipedia has similar system and Russians abuse it a lot.
- murph-almighty 8y agoI'm cautiously optimistic. I like that this emphasizes use of primary sources, but 1) Some primary sources are dubious, or manipulated. See the multiple versions of Acosta getting kicked out of a White House press briefing. 2) What happens when you have an article that repeatedly cites dubious secondary opinion pieces, but the reader accepts these pieces as fact?
- YazIAm 8y ago1) Now that video deepfake is a thing, I currently only allow videos as primary sources in rare circumstances (such as the video being published by a verified account of the subject). 2) Only primary sources are accepted. Currently anyone can start contributing, but every claim is still reviewed by a team of verified fact checkers. I hope to scale this long term with a fact checking reputation score.
- Vinnl 8y agoAren't text and images more easily manipulated than videos?
- YazIAm 8y agoHaha indeed, but you can't just submit any document and have it considered a primary source on the site. For example, if you're making an assertion about a piece of legislation, the primary source is that legislation hosted on that government's website. If your assertion is about a regulatory action, the primary source is that action hosted on that regulatory agency's website, etc.