WhatsApp will offer a $50,000 prize to those who effectively answer this question: “What would you do to end fake news?”
Facebook has created the WhatsApp Research Awards (WhatsApp Research Awards for Social Science and Misinformation) with the aim to end hoaxes and lies spread virtually on this popular app.
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Read Now ▶️Want to make $50,000? Anybody can enter the competition (whether you have programming knowledge or not), but you have to propose a research project that tries to block fake news, while ensuring the correct use of technology. This last requirement implies subtopics such as the handling of information, the way to process sensitive content and how to timely detect inappropriate behavior.
“We welcome proposals from any social science or related discipline that foster insights into the impact of technology on contemporary society in this problem space. The WhatsApp Research Awards will provide funding for independent research proposals that are designed to be shared with WhatsApp, Facebook, and wider scholarly and policy communities,” explains Facebook.
Besides this prize, Facebook will prepare two workshops related to fake news. In the first, chosen projects will be presented, while the second will deal with the practical application of these ideas.
You have until August 12 to submit. For more information, here’s the official website for the prize.
