It would be fantastic if every news story, tweet, web page and facebook post were automatically fact-checked and marked accordingly

Nov 13, 2016 · 3:02 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
start-up proposal?
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Would need to be some kind of foundation, I guess
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Replying to @gkc
Sure, that's obviously the main problem with the idea
Replying to @rorykoehler
I can understand why it might be hard to claim that something is true, but it's often quite easy to verify something is false
Replying to @laufzeit
Best satire in days, literally made me LOL
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Replying to @stilkov
Ain't that censorship?
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I don't think that word means what you think it does :) It could either be part of e.g. Twitter's or Facebook's service, or some plug-in
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Replying to @stilkov
that's easy, mark them all false and be correct about 98% of the time?! Probably as good as any algorithm can do (
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Replying to @stilkov
come on, most politicians would no longer be able to to publish without marked "not based on facts", image US election 😂
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Replying to @stilkov
.@stilkov you know how I've found a kind of auto fact check? When someone shares URL on FB & it auto suggests Snopes or other contradiction