One of the greatest challenges the western world faces today is "fake news" and this is mostly a technology problem. How to solve it without stifling free speech?
Here is a bit of news:
https://www.cnet.com/news/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-wikitribune-fighting-fake-news/
Here is a snippet from that piece:
Jimmy Wales is hoping the formula that made Wikipedia popular will have the same effect for battling fake news stories online.
The Wikipedia co-founder is launching "Wikitribune," an open collaboration featuring professional and community journalists as well as other contributors creating fact-checked stories for the web.
The new site seemingly is going to be different than WikiNews, the Wikimedia Foundation's free longtime crowdsourced news site. A crowdfunding campaign on Wikitribune's page Monday said enough money has already been raised to hire at least five journalists.
Happy Reading,
J.W. Gant
**UPDATE** Google is updating its search engine to demote fake news:
https://www.recode.net/2017/4/25/15415428/google-updating-search-flagging-fake-news
The Wikipedia co-founder is launching "Wikitribune," an open collaboration featuring professional and community journalists as well as other contributors creating fact-checked stories for the web.
The new site seemingly is going to be different than WikiNews, the Wikimedia Foundation's free longtime crowdsourced news site. A crowdfunding campaign on Wikitribune's page Monday said enough money has already been raised to hire at least five journalists.
Happy Reading,
J.W. Gant
**UPDATE** Google is updating its search engine to demote fake news:
https://www.recode.net/2017/4/25/15415428/google-updating-search-flagging-fake-news
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