Re: Decentralized Fact-checking & Provenance Organization (DeFacto) Community Group launched

How does this overlap with the Credible Web CG at
https://www.w3.org/community/credibility/, which
https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/483 says is the likely place to
investigate provenance questions?

On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM <public-council@w3.org> wrote:

> With your support, the Decentralized Fact-checking & Provenance
> Organization (DeFacto) Community Group has been launched:
>   https://www.w3.org/community/defacto/
>
> This group was originally proposed on 2024-12-14 by Mohith Agadi.
> The following people supported its creation:
>   Raphaël Troncy
>   Adam Sobieski
>   Mohith Agadi
>   Manoj Agadi
>   Ajit Nongmaithem
>
> To join the group, please use:
>   https://www.w3.org/community/defacto/join
>
> Please note that supporting a group is different from joining
> a group. Supporters must also enroll if they wish to participate.
>
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> The Decentralized Fact-checking &amp; Provenance Working Group (DFCP) is
> committed to actively researching, developing, building, maintaining,
> managing, upgrading, and implementing robust amendments for a decentralized
> fact-checking system and stringent provenance standards for text-based
> literature and content. We will drive this initiative forward with
> determination and efficacy.
>
> DFCP strives to empower societies with tools to identify and
> mitigate/counter misinformation, disinformation, and Fake News at scale.
>
> This group will publish Specifications.
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>
> Thank you,
>
> W3C Community Development Team
>
>
>