9 years ago

Full Fact Receives €50,000 Grant to Automate Fact-Checking

  • Full Fact, a UK charity combating misinformation, has received a €50,000 grant from the Google Digital News Initiative to develop automated fact-checking tools

  • This grant is part of a larger €24 million investment from the DNI to support 124 startups and projects in digital news journalism

  • Full Fact's approach to fact-checking differs from US organizations like Factcheck.org and PolitiFact by focusing on seeking corrections and retractions rather than simply rating claims on a truthometer scale

  • The organization aims to expand its work to the US market in the future.

      • ProblemTechnology

      "Misinformation is a growing problem online, and it is difficult for people to determine what is true and what is not. This can lead to people making decisions based on false information, which can have a negative impact on society. "

      Solution

      "Full Fact is developing automated fact-checking tools that can help people quickly and easily determine the truthfulness of claims. These tools can be used by journalists, readers, and viewers of news."

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