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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Technocracy is a form of government in which the decision-makers are selected based on their expertise in a given area of responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical knowledge. Technocracy follows largely in the tradition of other meritocratic theories and assumes full state control over political and economic issues. [1]
Fact-checking is the process of verifying the factual accuracy of questioned reporting and statements. Fact-checking can be conducted before or after the text or content is published or otherwise disseminated.
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YouTube using Wikipedia for fact-checking. At the 2018 South by Southwest conference, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki made the announcement that YouTube was using Wikipedia to fact check videos which YouTube hosts. [3] [9] [10] [11] No one at YouTube had consulted anyone at Wikipedia about this development, and the news at the time was a surprise. [9]
Times Now is an English-language news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters. [1] [2] It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel. [3] [4] [5]
YouTube didn’t take action against the channel after NBC News flagged it. “They use the jargon of the culture, the slang of the culture, because Black people trust Black media,” Nwandu said.
A true "Technocracy" would have sociologists and other experts regarding "people problems" in charge of those issues. Furthermore, there is a difference between a government being "technocratic" and being "a Technocracy." I would argue that some of the Soviet Union's policies were technocratic, but not that they could be described as a Technocracy.