Challenge #185 - Dealing with fake information

Coveracity
disinfect social media
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Inspiration

Witnessing (close) relatives behaving in an unfamiliar and peculiar way (e.g. suddenly showing racism, believing in strange theories, following weird recommendations...) due to articles, messages and posts they have read online. Some misinformation can have harmful consequences such as a false sense of protection or dangerous self-medication.

What it does

Interrupt the dynamic of misinformation linked to the new situation of a pandemic by motivating specifically young people to challenge content on media platforms.

How we built it

Search engine with web front end and integrations with APIs of social media platforms (e.g. WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter).

Challenges we ran into

Definition of fake news, trustworthy sources, targeting the most harmful fake news, filter wrong information, motivate/incentivise users that are not actually looking for truth.

Accomplishments that we are proud of

Collaboration in team, state of the art solution on a relevant topic, use for Switzerland as well as potential for the future.

What we learned

Converging on a prototype as the work of a team with diverse backgrounds, challenges with fake news/misinformation, organizing and planning.

What's next for Challenge #185 - Dealing with fake information

Some of us would like to continue at least on a part-time basis if there is a substantial interest in the solution.

Built With

api
application
elasticsearch
google
poc.
website

Submitted to

#VersusVirus

Created by

Together with the team, I worked on developing the concept of the project, identifying the data sources for our prototype, and editing the script for the final video.

Lucy Lu
I mostly worked on social media part of this project.

Roman Stetsenko
I worked on the technical vision & architecture for the platform & developed the whatsapp concept demo.

Anthony Scarfe
We all converged together on that idea, was a real team work! I made the website design, the logo, and some icons. Great learning experience!

Claire David
Together as a team, I contributed on the talks and discussions to define the concepts and the goal of the project, also on planning the action plan & milestones, as well as on finding data sources, designing the storytelling for the product demonstration video, helping on the website's visual, creation of the text for the video script and project reviewal prior to delivery.

Ivy Ferrari
Helped with the Social Media Campaign (implementation) & the community building

Sandra Godfrin
We all worked together as a team to develop the general idea ! Then I spend most of my time thinking, developping and challenging the way to spread the information in a smooth and easy way to touch as many people as possible.

Lucas Sanchez
It was a team effort!
I worked on a social media campaign and helped with the final version of the presentation.

Oksana Lim
Yvonne Müller
Alberto Zanatta
Milan Siry