'Now is the time': the journalists fighting fake news before the EU elections

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With warnings of likely Russian meddling, Europe’s debunkers are picking up the pace

“Our job is to debunk stories,” says Thomas Hedin from his Copenhagen office a stone’s throw from Denmark’s seat of power, familiar to many in Britain courtesy of the political TV drama Borgen. “Our job is to say whether something is misleading, fake or true. Thats why we are here.”

 

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Fake news complaining about fake news. ROFL You guys don't tell the truth, you bend facts.

‘Brussels-backed collaborative platform, known as the Social Observatory for Disinformation... rigorously examine the output and true identities behind Twitter accounts... factchecking towards a European election’ Well this doesn’t sound sinister at all.

EVERY person is a debunker. The worst thing possible is to rely on specific groups to be 'centrally trusted debunkers' - that only promotes weak reporting & fake news in the end

Can we set up a branch here in Ireland? Not many get away with fake news because we are all quite intelligent but just in case!

Of all the people in the world I wouldn’t want to have a say on what they consider fake/truthful news, it’s journalists.

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