Google DNI funding
We are delighted to share the news that Verifeye Media has been successful in our application for prototype funding from the Google DNI (Digital News Initiative) Innovation Fund.
Over the past two years Verifeye Media has worked solely on solving one problem; how to verify eyewitness media. We have analysed the differences between accidental misattribution, purposeful mischief making, and malicious dissimulation of disinformation, we have talked extensively to both creators and consumers of eyewitness media, and we have identified several key areas of vulnerability in current verification approaches. Based on this knowledge, we are building an engine to automate verification.
We believe that eyewitness media usage in news is still in its infancy, but it is maturing rapidly. Trawling and scraping social for content is manual, slow, and increasingly seen as unethical and unwelcome by eyewitnesses. Verifeye Media is committed to increasing the value of eyewitness media, both in the minds of the industry as well as the audience. By building a set of tools that facilitates verification at point of creation, we are increasing the speed with which eyewitness media can be used, while amplifying the voices of those who have a story to tell. Rapid verification will also accelerate the exposure of fake stories, building more trust in eyewitness media, and trust in media as a whole.
As a small startup we are constantly making and breaking new tools, testing new ideas, and generally experimenting based on what we have learned so far. With Google’s help we will continue to do this.
To learn more about the Google DNI Innovation Funding visit
https://digitalnewsinitiative.com/news/dni-fund-round-3-announcement/
