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Crowdsourced fact-checking fights misinformation in Taiwan

Patricia Waldron

November 21, 2023 |

Cornell Chronicle |

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Response Location: Taiwan

Taiwanese fact-checking website Cofacts operates similarly to Wikipedia, allowing anyone to become an editor, respond to questions, and evaluate responses. A study comparing the platform to professional fact-checking sites found that the crowdsourced version typically responded to questions more quickly, included more information about local and regional issues, and was just as accurate.

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