“Online Fact-Checking Tool Gets a Big Test with Nepal Earthquake” – By Mike Orcutt

An organization crowdsources the verification of rumors on social media in the Nepal disaster zone.

Shortly after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, social media services lit up with unverified reports of people trapped and buildings damaged. But how could humanitarian organizations know where to respond first? How could they know which accounts were actually true? – Read story from MIT Technology Review…

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