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Shane Greenup

Learn From the Skeptic Community

I was at an event the other night for a sneak-peak preview of Factmata’s new counter-fake-news tool, briefr, and during a typical…

8 min readJul 6, 2018

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Learn From the Skeptic Community

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Shane Greenup

We won’t solve the misinformation problem with systems which adjudicate on truth or on who to trust

As you can see in the list of active efforts to solve the misinformation problem, nearly all of them are attempting to address the…

15 min readJun 18, 2018

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We won’t solve the misinformation problem with systems which adjudicate on truth or on who to trust

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Shane Greenup
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MisinfoCon

Catalogue of all projects working to solve Misinformation and Disinformation

<A work in progress — continually updated — please get in touch with corrections and additions>

10 min readJun 9, 2018

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Catalogue of all projects working to solve Misinformation and Disinformation

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Shane Greenup

Solving misinformation for the public, not for experts.

(a poorly written, unedited, brain dump — because I need to publish more often and stop criticising myself into inaction)

4 min readJun 4, 2018

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Shane Greenup

That ‘Fake News’ Term

I have found myself using the term Fake News more than any other word or phrase to describe what I, and many others, are fighting against…

3 min readMar 19, 2018

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Shane Greenup

What is The Socratic Web?

The Socratic Web refers to the web as you know it, but all content that has ever been critiqued, contradicted, or argued against, provides…

34 min readNov 9, 2017

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What is The Socratic Web?

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Shane Greenup
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MisinfoCon

Is Facebook Flagging Fake News, or Just Filtering It?

After getting ahold of a letter from a Facebook executive, Buzzfeed revealed that flagged content on Facebook see an 80% reduction in…

7 min readNov 1, 2017

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Is Facebook Flagging Fake News, or Just Filtering It?

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Shane Greenup
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NewCo Shift

Context is for Kings — Facebook’s Latest Innovation Against Fake News

Facebook has recently announced a new feature being tested in their newsfeed which adds context to shared links.

5 min readOct 10, 2017

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Context is for Kings — Facebook’s Latest Innovation Against Fake News

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Shane Greenup

Introducing The Socratic Web…

I spoke at the University of Sydney yesterday as part of the Post Truth Initiative seminar series.

1 min readSep 22, 2017

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Shane Greenup
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NewCo Shift

How to End Google’s Monopoly

Over a year ago I said Google would never implement a fact based assessment in their algorithm because I thought they would understand that…

9 min readAug 3, 2017

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How to End Google’s Monopoly

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Shane Greenup

Shane Greenup

Founder of rbutr and dedicated to solving the problem of misinformation. Father, entrepreneur, generalist, futurist, philosopher, scientist, traveller, etc.

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