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Mevan Babakar
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May 29, 2018

Crowdsourced Factchecking

There is a role for crowdsourcing in factchecking but (so far) it’s not factchecking — In Summary In the current climate of information overload the demand for factchecking is increasing. Factcheckers are often small teams that struggle to keep up with the demand. In recent years, new organisations like WikiTribune have suggested crowdsourcing as an attractive and low-cost way for factchecking to scale.

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Crowdsourced Factchecking
Crowdsourced Factchecking
Journalism

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Oct 26, 2015

From London to Arbat Refugee Camp, Iraq

Last week the money donated by strangers on the internet helped deliver 210 blankets and 175kg of rice to Arbat Refugee camp, Iraq. In July, I started a crowdfunding campaign to raise £500 to feed the displaced families in a refugee camp just outside my hometown in Iraq. Within 8…

Refugees

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From London to Arbat Refugee Camp, Iraq
From London to Arbat Refugee Camp, Iraq
Refugees

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Oct 3, 2015

How I learned to stop worrying and love the code

Photo by MipsyRetro/Flickr remix by Jason Reed I’m learning to code. I’ve been on again off again with it for about two years now. But I've only very recently started to feel like I could actually achieve something. I had a lot of unlearning and confidence building to do first. …

Coding

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How I learned to stop worrying and love the code
How I learned to stop worrying and love the code
Coding

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Mevan Babakar

Mevan Babakar

445 Followers

Head of Automated Factchecking at Full Fact. Founder CitizenBeta.org, WhosIn.io

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