'Fake news': What's the best way to tame the beast?
During the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election, we were treated to headlines such as "Hillary Clinton sold weapons to Isis" and "Pope Francis endorsed Donald Trump for President".Both completely untrue.
This month, Google awarded researchers at City, University of London £300,000 to build a web-based app called DMINR.The app combines machine learning and AI technologies to help journalists fact check and interrogate public data sets.