Re: Stopping "Bots" and "Fake News"

Checkout http://wordlift.it/

Needs a mechanism to "verify facts" (using LOD, et.al.). Perhaps some
<span/> method, nonetheless.

Making progress...

Tim.h.

On Sat., 12 Aug. 2017, 5:09 am Steven Rowat, <steven_rowat@sunshine.net>
wrote:

> On 2017-08-11 11:33 AM, Adam Sobieski wrote:
> >  Credentials
> > should be as easy and intuitive for users to initialize and to
> > configure as installing operating systems or configuring digital wallets.
>
> +1
>
> And the self-updating OSs, that just magically appear, I hope you mean.
>
> Not the ones that take 9 hours to download, and then lose all your
> previous settings. :-)
>
> Steven
>
>
>
> >
> > If we get credentials systems right, and secure, we can stop “fake
> > accounts” and “bots” and we can curtail “spam”, “hoaxes” and “fake
> > news” – we can defend digital democracy.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Adam Sobieski
> > http://www.phoster.com/about/
> > https://www.w3.org/community/argumentation/
> > https://www.w3.org/community/collaboration/
> >
> > P.S.:
> >
> http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/2017/07/17/troops-trolls-and-trouble-makers-a-global-inventory-of-organized-social-media-manipulation/
> > (
> http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2017/07/Troops-Trolls-and-Troublemakers.pdf
> )
> >
> http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/2017/07/18/spreading-fake-news-becomes-standard-practice-for-governments-across-the-world/
> >
> http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/2017/07/18/government-cyber-troops-manipulate-facebook-twitter-study-says/
> > https://www.belfercenter.org/project/defending-digital-democracy
>
>