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Founder at @gigafactproject
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Joined June 2010
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People talk about being in a "post-truth" world, and wonder, "Is there even such a thing as a fact anymore?" I get the anxiety about it, but my view is that problem while big, is much more prosaic.
Ways to measure quality, processional standards and enforcement, regulatory oversight, etc. The goal is to allow participants to make money while doing right by people. Not just one or the other. This is hard, but not that hard. We've done it elsewhere.
Read my thoughts on all this in this piece.
medium.com/factville/how-far…
why we are right to think about our factual information ecosystem as being in a bad place, but wrong to think about it as irredeemable. It's just a big organization problem.
medium.com/factville/how-far…
The first entry of a new blog 'Factville' that will host ideas that move us towards a more trustable information ecosystem and shared reality. I'd love to know what you think.
medium.com/factville/outsour…
Chandran Sankaran retweeted
This Thursday! Join AJP's @jasonalcorn, along with @GigafactProject's @GigafactRobyn and Dee J. Hall of @WisconsinWatch for a virtual conversation about the role of local news in countering #misinfo and #disinfo. eventbrite.com/e/the-role-of…
I get to chat with Dee J. Hall of @WisconsinWatch and Jason Alcorn of @JournalismProj about the opportunities of fact-checking and local news' role in combating social media misinfo!
Join the conversation on August 3, 11am PT.
eventbrite.com/e/the-role-of…
This (and the overall ladder) framework helps me process people and their ideas every single day...
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Happy to report that @MinnPost joins 2 other nonprofit news teams — @WisconsinWatch and @TheNVIndy — in researching and responding to claims through fact briefs as part of the growing @GigafactProject. Details from editor @edunbarMN: minnpost.com/inside-minnpost…
Sure Gigafact put a lot of work into the design of the fact brief system, but sometimes you just need to get plain lucky in finding someone to bring your ideas to life in the best way possible. Dee J. Hall Wisconsin Watch lnkd.in/grZne-ki
Chandran Sankaran retweeted
We are so excited to be partnering with @MinnPost! Minnesota's independent, nonprofit newsroom is now adding fact briefs to its repertoire of outstanding reporting.
Read more on how they plan to use their fact briefs to push back on misinformation.
minnpost.com/inside-minnpost…
Chandran Sankaran retweeted
Gigafact is working with the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, The Nevada Independent, and Wisconsin Watch to fact check claims in the lead up to the 2022 Midterm Elections.
Read more about our new approach:
businesswire.com/news/home/2….
Chandran Sankaran retweeted
Our newsroom @ArizCIR is excited to be part of this fact-checking pilot program with @GigafactProject, to help combat misinformation leading up to the midterms, w/@TheNVIndy & @WisconsinWatch
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Chandran Sankaran retweeted
We're trying something a tad different, and I look forward to sharing more soon—including how you can submit information to be fact checked by our team
Our newsroom @ArizCIR is excited to be part of this fact-checking pilot program with @GigafactProject, to help combat misinformation leading up to the midterms, w/@TheNVIndy & @WisconsinWatch
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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This is an important function of the media during these troubled times, especially in Nevada where election deniers and serial fabulists dominate the statewide ballot. Happy to partner with @GigafactProject to help guide our readers through the morass of misinformation.
Team @TheNVIndy is happy to be part of this fact-checking pilot program that aims to counter misinformation in 3 swing states as we roll toward the midterms. @GigafactProject's mission = giving $ and tech tools to fact check desks in nonpartisan newsrooms:
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Chandran Sankaran retweeted
Team @TheNVIndy is happy to be part of this fact-checking pilot program that aims to counter misinformation in 3 swing states as we roll toward the midterms. @GigafactProject's mission = giving $ and tech tools to fact check desks in nonpartisan newsrooms:
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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The remotely operated startup is also responsible for @FactSparrow, a Twitter bot that users can tag under tweets with claims they would like to be checked.
poynter.org/fact-checking/20…