Truthsquad Shows Potential of Crowdsourced Fact-Checking

Florin said that the impulse behind both NewsTrust and Truthsquad was the idea that “if we are to become our own editors in the digital age, we need better tools and training to thoughtfully evaluate the credibility of the information we find online.” Full Story »

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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Aug 12, 2010 - 12:47 PM PDT

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Aug. 13, 2010

Informative article about NewsTrust's recent Truthsquad's recent experiment with crowdsourced fact-checking. This blog post is factual and provides useful context on a relevant topic -- though it relies largely on a single source, without seeking independent perspectives. All in all, I found this story interesting, accurate and well-written, and recommend it highly.

Disclosure: As NewsTrust's executive director, I am featured in this article. My rating of this story will not be counted, due to this conflict of interest.

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David Fox
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by David Fox - Aug. 11, 2010
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