http://twitter.com/#!/chelsea_elisa/status/504007135123210241 Anyone nostalgic for the Obama campaign’s “Attack Watch” project will be heartened to know that the federal government plans to spend $1 million to create a “Truthy” database that will track “false and misleading ideas” on social media. The Washington Free Beacon reports: The National Science Foundation is financing the creation of a web service […]
http://twitter.com/#!/LadyVeteran23/status/490166020997255168 President Obama held a brief press conference today to discuss yesterday’s #MH17 tragedy, where he warned of rampant misinformation: http://twitter.com/#!/charliespiering/status/490163392863559680 Via WaPo: Our immediate focus will be on recovering those who were lost, investigating exactly what happened and putting forward the facts. And I want to point out there will likely be misinformation as well. […]