Mozilla Joins George Soros’s Efforts In Launching A Strike Against “Fake News”
AUGUST
11, 2017
By Aaron Kesel
Mozilla,
the non-profit organization which runs the Firefox Internet browser, said
Wednesday it was launching an effort against “fake news,” as fact-checking
software backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and George Soros got its
first run-out in public to shape our Orwellian nightmare of future truth
arbiters.
Mozilla said it was “investing in people, programs and
projects” in a new initiative to “disrupt misinformation online” calling for a
“Mozilla Information Trust Initiative,” or MITI for short, Business Insider reported.
They
further stated the “Internet's ability to power democratic society suffers
greatly” because of fabricated stories, such as the “Pope endorsing Donald
Trump for the U.S. presidency” or a “dead FBI agent killed in a mysterious fire
with information on former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton” – just two
examples of stories that turned out to be bogus.
Mozilla’s innovations director, Katharina Borchert, told AFP that the organization was working on tools for
Firefox and better online education with media groups, universities, and tech
activists.
The
“Mozilla Information Trust Initiative” comes just as an automated real-time
fact-checking engine dubbed the “bullshit detector” was demonstrated in London.
The
group that created the fact-checking engine, Full Fact foundation, is backed by
Omidyar and our favorite billionaire tycoon Soros.
The
organization stated its software is “capable” of spotting lies in real-time and
“As the
proponents of propaganda and misinformation become more sophisticated in their
use of technology, it is important that fact checkers do not fall behind in our
fight against it,” Full Fact said.
“This is an important investment in the future of
fact-checking,” Stephen King, of the Omidyar Network, told The Guardian.
“You
only have to look at the number of initiatives that have risen up to address
this challenge, either by tech companies or other organizations to see how
worrying this phenomenon is to so many,” Borchert added.
I worry
more about those who want to act as fact checkers, blatantly ignoring
propaganda and fake news by the MSM while targeting alternative media and
dictating what is and isn’t important for public consumption.
“Whether
it’s become a big enough priority is perhaps a better question,” Borchert said,
arguing that it was time for rival news organizations to “rally
around” each other to confront the spread of fake news.
Then you have Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, planning to launch a crowd-funded news service called
Wikitribune to help combat fake news.
So you
have all these people, some of whom have even once advocated for a free and
open Internet, now advocating for controlling the flow of information under the
moniker of “fake news.”
How about all the fake news spread by the CIA and
intelligence services called planted propaganda usually for pushing war?
Especially as a new report questions the veracity of claims made by a shady firm
Cloudstrike that “Russia hacked the election” – how about that fake news?
Putting
the future of what we believe in anyone’s hands, let alone artificial
intelligence, seems reckless; but a system backed by Soros and Omidyar
seems like a dangerously stupid idea that can only lead to a path paved toward
Orwellian censorship the likes of which even George Orwell couldn't have
imagined.
Aaron Kesel writes for Activist Post and
is Director of Content for Coinivore. Follow Aaron at Twitter and Steemit.
This article is Creative Commons and can be republished in full with
attribution.
Links of Interest:
Office
for National Statistics: About us
Kenya
election: Fake CNN and BBC news reports circulate
The new site will be
free to use, but also accept donations from monthly “supporters” who will then
be able to suggest topics to be covered - while the site also says it will
publish full transcripts of interviews where possible as part of transparency plans.
Business
Insider
Katharina
Borchert, told AFP
Jimmy
Wales, planning
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Joins George Soros’s Efforts In Launching A Strike Against “Fake News”
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