Last Wednesday, the BBC announced a new initiative called Verify. In addition to conventional fact-checking, it includes two main innovations. The first is to combine open-source investigation (OSINT), data science and journalism to investigate how disinformation spreads and who produces it. The second is to be fully transparent about its methods.
Digital Threat Digest - Belling the Beeb
Digital Threat Digest - Belling the Beeb
Digital Threat Digest - Belling the Beeb
Last Wednesday, the BBC announced a new initiative called Verify. In addition to conventional fact-checking, it includes two main innovations. The first is to combine open-source investigation (OSINT), data science and journalism to investigate how disinformation spreads and who produces it. The second is to be fully transparent about its methods.