Social Networks Unite With Global Newsrooms to Take Action Against Misinformation Online

First Draft News yesterday announced its expansion to include a new partner network of over thirty major news and technology organisations to tackle issues of trust and truth in reporting information that emerges online.

With the launch of this partner network, First Draft brings these partners together to work on ideas and initiatives, including a train-the-trainer programme, the launch of a collaborative verification platform, and the creation of a voluntary code of practice.

This network will also create a feedback loop for representatives from each social media platform to connect with journalists and develop ideas for ways to streamline the verification process, improve the experience of eyewitnesses and increase news literacy amongst social media users.

Each partner is committed to sharing knowledge, developing policies and devising training in how journalists use the social web to find and report news.

I think we can stop prefacing sentences with “in this new digital age…” and just say “today”

— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) September 12, 2016

Confirmed partners include: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, CNN, ABC News (Australia), AJ+, ProPublica, Agence France-Presse, Channel 4 News, The Telegraph, France Info, Breaking News, Les Décodeurs, International Business Times UK, Eurovision News Exchange, SAM, Aljazeera Media Network, Reveal project, InVID project, Euronews, Sourcefabric, WITNESS, Amnesty International, European Journalism Centre, American Press Institute, International Fact Checking Network, Duke Reporters’ Lab.

Source: First Draft News