Soufan Center—a nonprofit located in the Middle East—and verification platform Truepic are utilizing digital tools in order to reveal and address underreported stories, as well as identify misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The danger of fake news has become very apparent for individuals who are now looking for ways to make sure that the information they are consuming is authentic and trustworthy. Many are also coming to the realization that Western media is very biased and that global stories, especially ones from conflict zones, are actively and purposefully omitted.
Through this collaboration, Soufan Center seeks to remedy this. The truth-prioritizing collaboration works to bring awareness with verified interviews, photographs, and videos, mostly to those who live in Western countries about the state of conflict zones during COVID. This includes countries like Syria, Yemen, and more.
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Digital Verification Tools
- The utilization of digital verification tools to reveal and address underreported stories are a disruptive innovation opportunity.
- Truth-prioritizing Collaboration
- A truth-prioritizing collaboration to bring awareness with verified interviews, photographs, and videos is a disruptive innovation opportunity.
- Combatting Misinformation
- Creating methods to combat misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic is a disruptive innovation opportunity.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Journalism
- The journalism industry can benefit from utilizing digital verification tools to verify information and combat fake news.
- Nonprofits
- Nonprofit organizations can benefit from establishing truth-prioritizing collaborations to help reveal underreported stories.
- Technology
- The technology industry can benefit from creating new methods to combat misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
