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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...
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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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...
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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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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...
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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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...
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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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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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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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Reddit reply bot, Facebook integration, Grants, and Other updates
Reddit Reply Bot Thanks to some work by Thomas, we have recently reactivated the Reddit reply bot. We have identified a few potential improvements to it and hope to implement them over the coming weeks...
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Hardcore porn, getting hotter, and making drugs – The best of rbutr #15
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Global Sea Ice, Polar Bears, and Racism – The Best of rbutr #14
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How to stop Fake News in its tracks: Plugins and social media integration
In case you missed it, Fake News is the topic of the month. On the tail of the biggest political upset of the century, Facebook and Twitter have come under fire for allowing fake news websites to...
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Can we stop calling everything we disagree with “Fake news” already?
OK, we get it, Fake News has taken off as a buzzword and everyone is talking about the Fake News problem. But seriously, can we stop with the childish pretending that all news outlets are “fake news”?...
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INACCURATE: SHOCK VIDEO: BLACK MOB VICIOUSLY BEATS WHITE TRUMP VOTER
I’ve seen this video posted many times on Facebook now, so it seems to have become popular as a retort to the innumerable reports of racial violence at the hands of Trump supporters. The version which...
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Trump, Trump, Trump, and some other stuff – The best of rbutr #13
And we’re back! The 13th edition of the Best of rbutr email is here. Click here to subscribe to receive The best of rbutr via email. Is rburt installed in your browser? Install rbutr now. table...
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Not Even a Rebuttal – The problem with fake news
This last year has revealed a deep problem with modern media. With rbutr, I had hoped to fight back against misinformation, and help stop the spread of lies, and bring nuanced debate back to complex...
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rbutr’s Growth Plan – How to get rbutr to the masses.
Craig and I began working on rbutr early in 2012. We’ve never made an income from it, nor sought investment, instead attempting to work within our means. From our passion for this project, with the...
View ArticleWhat We have Achieved So Far
As we approach three and a half years since beta launch, I just wanted to take a moment to put together a post outlining some of our achievements. The biggest of which is the fact that rbutr is still...
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