Verilayer @verilayer
A verification layer for the web to tackle "fake news." Founded by @paulmwatson. Supported by #innovateAFRICA. verilayer.com South Africa Joined December 2016-
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Facebook is running print ads about how to spot #fakenews. bbc.com/news/technolog… Is this
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(this is totally a really big deal!) “Fueling a Flight to Quality” by @jeffjarvis medium.com/whither-news/f…
Medium, and The Reason You Can’t Stand the News Anymore. medium.com/@SeanBlanda/me…
If #frenchelection is Facebook's litmus test but 1/4 of links shared are already #fakenews then... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Facebook’s News Literacy Advice Is Harmful to News Literacy medium.com/@holden/facebo…
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Closed Networks and Their Impact on the #FrenchElection by @btdecker @cr07cristina @ciaranoconnor @ryan_padraic storyful.com/blog/2017/04/2…
This summary of James Carey by @jayrosen_nyu is especially profound for tackling #fakenews. buzzmachine.com/2017/04/03/rea…
We're not going to beat #fakenews alone. Readers, sharers, you, need to smarten up too. highly.co/hl/MnrJELD5mdy…
Follow along what Verilayer is reading on @HighlyTM highly.co/by/verilayer
A reminder that you can read the Verilayer (née Overlay) #innovateAFRICA submission here; blog.verilayer.com/innovateafrica…
Also want to express Verilayer's support to all #innovateAFRICA. Innovate together & for each other. If you need something please ask.
Happy and humbled that Verilayer is amongst the 22 #innovateAFRICA finalists. medium.com/code-for-afric…
#innovateAFRICA winners announced this evening.
Good luck to every shortlisted #innovateAFRICA project. Results today.
While damaging we must differentiate between fake-news and mistakes. thinkprogress.org/wapo-false-rep…
Congratulations to the 70 out 736 shortlisted #innovateAFRICA projects. Happy to say Verilayer is one of them.
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