Project description
Preventing the spread of false information online
Unreliable and inaccurate information of all kinds can spread rapidly online, particularly on social media networks. This makes it increasingly difficult, yet necessary, to verify information. Currently, verification is undertaken by centralised authorities, but this is not enough. The EU-funded project SocialTruth focuses on the creation of an open, democratic, pluralistic and distributed ecosystem that allows easy access to various verification services (both internal and third-party). By using blockchain technology, the aim is to ensure scalability and trust in a completely decentralised environment. The idea is to prevent the spread of misinformation by empowering individual users to verify information within their browsers. The solution also supports journalists as well as certified fact-checkers, to provide annotations on trustworthiness of news.
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IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
10682 Athina
Greece
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Participants (12)
92230 Gennevilliers
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00153 Roma
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00153 Roma
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
00153 Roma
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75012 Paris
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
500209 Brasov
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SE10AA London
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75116 Paris
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
00186 Roma
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
85 796 Bydgoszcz
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41100 Modena
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
28100 Novara
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