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Updates to the Support rbutr page
The support rbutr page has just been updated to reflect the changes we have undergone recently. It now has a much stronger focus on volunteer efforts, and mentions the intention to run a crowdfunding...
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Google penalises NaturalNews.com, effectively removing it from search results
This is exciting news. It looks like Google has just applied some sort of penalty to NaturalNews.com, effectively removing them from the Google Search results. With the increased pressure on companies...
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Improving Critical Thinking Through Exposure to Critical Analysis – A...
Shortly before our 5th birthday last week I was updating our About Us page to bring it in line with our new approaches and changes that have happened over the last few years (yes, it has been that long...
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Applying for the Knight Foundation Prototype Fund
We’ve never had any real funding for the rbutr project. We kept this whole thing limping along under our own efforts and through our own financial support. That has caused problems for us, and resulted...
View ArticleThe Walkley Media Incubator and Innovation Fund
Here is my application to the Walkley Media Incubator and Innovation Fund. Project title: Critical thinking for everyone! A systematic global approach to fixing fake news and misinformation. Your...
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Academic Research and rbutr – Announcing a collaboration with the Delft...
I’m very happy and excited to announce that Assistant Professor Nava Tintarev has recently been awarded a €50,000 grant to work with and investigate the potential applications of rbutr in a classroom...
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What happens if automated fact checking succeeds?
Virtually everyone who is working on the Fake News / misinformation problem takes the same fundamental approach. They all want to identify Fake News, from True News. They want to be able to...
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My lone voice at the Misinformation Workshop
Last monday, the 15th of May 2017, I was fortunate enough to attend a Workshop on Digital Misinformation organised as part of the The 11th International Conference on Web and Social Media. The workshop...
View ArticleShuttleworth Foundation Application
Applications for the Shuttleworth foundation fellowship were due on the day before the Misinformation Workshop in Montreal, so I had to submit this before I flew to Canada, resulting in an...
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Idea Submission to the Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation has a webpage for submitting ideas to them. The form only allows 50 words for the first question, and 250 for the second. Not a lot of space to make a first impression. Worse, they...
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