Addressing Fake News: Open Standards Easy Identification

摘要

Fake news proliferation and distrust in news media has become an endemic problem in the American society and has aided in the corruption of civil political discourse. The formation of a standard and subsequent implementation using automated algorithmic processes will provide unbiased ratings and evaluations of online news media truthfulness in the form of easy-to-understand scores. This easily accessible information will aid in the reduction of fake news proliferation and help produce a more informed electorate.