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Automated Fact-checking

Tim Harford finds out how computer programmes could combat fake news.

Could computers do a better job than humans of exposing fake news and holding politicians to account? Tim Harford interviews Mevan Babakar of the fact-checking organisation Fullfact about the software tools she and her team are building to try to automatically verify statistical claims.

Producer: Ruth Alexander

(image: President Trump and French President Macron hold a joint news conference at the White House April 2018. Photo Credit:Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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9 minutes

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Tue 28 Aug 2018 01:50GMT
麻豆社 World Service except News Internet

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  • Mon 27 Aug 2018 12:50GMT
    麻豆社 World Service except News Internet
  • Tue 28 Aug 2018 01:50GMT
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