Descripción del proyecto
Análisis entre distintos medios para acabar con las noticias falsas
Las noticias falsas se han convertido en una tendencia preocupante y en crecimiento y, aunque como resultado de ello han surgido servicios de comprobación de hechos, las soluciones actuales tienen demasiados errores y requieren demasiado tiempo, ya que se basan en actividades manuales centradas sobre todo en la política y en declaraciones políticas. TruthCheck ofrece un enfoque alternativo, que combina las tecnologías existentes con otras nuevas. TruthCheck estará disponible para el público en una versión gratuita y también se ofrecen licencias a empresas privadas, instituciones gubernamentales y agencias no gubernamentales.
Objetivo
The phenomenon of fake news is as old as human’s ability to communicate. Recently, technology has made it easy to spread fake news with unprecedented speed towards the unprotected public, which has resulted in undesired external influence in European elections and referenda (Brexit, Catalonia).
Though a variety of fact checkers have arisen out of nowhere, current solutions fail on many aspects: they are primarily based on manual activities, focus mainly on politics and political statements and are highly country-/language specific. Due to the speed and sheer size of the Internet and Social Media platforms, manual defence against fake news is futile. Automated solutions are required involving automatic algorithms that quickly identify fake news and tag them as such, allowing Europeans to make educated, correct decisions. At SAIL LABS, we develop an alternative fact checker: TruthCheck. This combines available and novel technologies such as Machine-Learning algorithms, Trust Modelling, Natural Language Processing, and Speech-, Image- and Video-Recognition to verify feeds from TV, Radio, Newspapers, Internet and Social Media in 31 languages on a semi-automatic basis. TruthCheck will be available as free version to the public, while licenses are offered to enterprises, NGOs and governmental institutions. In absence of a clear market leader we intend to take the opportunity to become first-comer in this segment, thereby targeting the fast-growing market of media analysis. Through this project, we intend to assess and develop the required commercial and technical work that it needs to ensure successful and swift market launch.
Ámbito científico
- social sciencesmedia and communicationsjournalism
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynongovernmental organizations
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionselections
- social sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracy
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinador
1090 Wien
Austria
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.