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To Fight Fake News Google, Facebook, Twitter Join The Trust Project

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To Fight Fake News Google, Facebook, Twitter Join The Trust Project
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In order to fight fake news and help readers in finding trustworthy news – Facebook, Google, Twitter and several media organisations have joined "The Trust Project". Journalist Sally Lehrman of Santa Clara University's Markkula Centre for Applied Ethics is leading The Trust Project. Friday onwards, next to articles on Facebook News Feed, an icon will appear that will tell u about the organisations' ethics and other standards, along with the journalists' backgrounds, and how they work. "Leading media companies representing dozens of news sites have begun to display 'Trust Indicators'. These indicators, created by leaders from more than 75 news organisations also show what type of information people are reading a" news, opinion, analysis or advertising," the university said in a statement. German press agency DPA, The Economist, The Globe and Mail, the Independent Journal Review, Mic, Italy's La Republica and La Stampa, Trinity Mirror and The Washington Post will go live with "Trust Indicators" this month. "An increasingly sceptical public wants to know the expertise, enterprise and ethics behind a news story. The Trust Indicators put tools into people's hands, giving them the means to assess whether news comes from a credible source they can depend on," Lehrman said. Best Practices, Author Expertise; Type of Work; Citations and References; Methods; Locally Sourced; Diverse Voices and Actionable Feedback are among the eight core indicators. "Quality journalism has never been more important," said Richard Gingras, vice president of news products at Google. "We hope to use the Type of Work indicator to improve the accuracy of article labels in Google News, and indicators such as Best Practices and Author Info in our Knowledge Panels." "The Trust Indicators will provide a new level of accessibility and insight into the news that people on Facebook see day in and day out," said Alex Hardiman, Head of News Products at Facebook. -PTC News-
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