>"A new study finds that small groups of laypeople can match or surpass the work of professional fact checkers—and they can do it at scale."

>"It’s too soon to know which images will become emblematic of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, but previous movements have shown the dangers _...Read More_

The Power of Crowds: By Dan Hancox "It’s very, very convenient for dominant and powerful groups,” Stott says. “It pathologises, decontextualises and renders meaningless crowd violence, and therefore legitimises its repression.” As Stott _...Read More_

The idea of paying for the appearance of excitement offends the belief that a political campaign’s fortunes should be somewhat rooted in genuine support for a candidate.

Great article on the challenges of crowd-resourced fact-checking and credibility scores. I think part of the solution is local reputations within a small community and then looking at how that community is perceived in a broader contexts.

"Most people dislike arguments, thinking of them as involving bickering or fighting. But formal argumentation is a method of working through ideas or hypotheses critically and systematically. One of our innovations is to allow groups of _...Read More_