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College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« on: December 26, 2017, 02:48:45 pm »
College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
December 25, 2017 by Pat Eaton-Robb

In this Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 photo, Yale graduate students Michael Lopez-Brau, left, and Stefan Uddenberg pose at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. The pair helped create an internet browser extension, "Open Mind," with students from …more

A team of college students is getting attention from internet companies and Congress after developing a browser extension that alerts users to fake and biased news stories and helps guide them to more balanced coverage.

The plug-in, "Open Mind ," was developed earlier this month during a 36-hour problem-solving competition known as a hackathon at Yale University.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-12-college-students-plug-in-combat-fake.html#jCp
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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2017, 03:00:07 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on December 26, 2017, 02:48:45 pm
College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
December 25, 2017 by Pat Eaton-Robb

In this Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 photo, Yale graduate students Michael Lopez-Brau, left, and Stefan Uddenberg pose at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. The pair helped create an internet browser extension, "Open Mind," with students from …more

A team of college students is getting attention from internet companies and Congress after developing a browser extension that alerts users to fake and biased news stories and helps guide them to more balanced coverage.

The plug-in, "Open Mind ," was developed earlier this month during a 36-hour problem-solving competition known as a hackathon at Yale University.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-12-college-students-plug-in-combat-fake.html#jCp


Who minds the minds minding the Open Mind?



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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2017, 03:06:29 pm »
Quote from: endicom on December 26, 2017, 03:00:07 pm

Who minds the minds minding the Open Mind?

Exactly.
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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2017, 03:12:20 pm »
I could write a program to do what they are doing in 5 minutes. In fact, it already exists.


All they are going to do is to setup a site blocker. Fox, RedState, Washington Examiner, and on and on will be blocked, and all the Lib sites will show up just fine. They can do that now. It is easy to block websites that you don't want to see.


What is the 'value added' function of *Open Mind*? It will come with a preset list of websites. It will install those sites in the blocked list. And they will call that a plug-in. And the Libs will eat it up.
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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2017, 03:19:53 pm »
Facebook is interested in talking to the boys about their project.

'Nuff said.
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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2017, 04:17:17 pm »
"So let's say there is an article that is very pro-Trump on a topic," said An. "We would then try to give you something more left of center. We can go out and find for you that alternative article."

Hahaha. Given that 90+% of the coverage is negative, good luck with your dreams, boyos!
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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2017, 05:01:29 pm »
So basically it seems like all this is nothing but a way to steer bigoted leftists to leftist content, and shield them from anything not leftist approved.

Which as usual, is what they really mean by 'Open Mind'.
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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2017, 05:31:58 pm »
Does anybody else think that "Open Mind" is a hysterically ironic name for the extension?
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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2017, 05:36:21 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on December 26, 2017, 05:31:58 pm
Does anybody else think that "Open Mind" is a hysterically ironic name for the extension?

Their minds are so open that their brains fell out. What a mess that makes all over their basement floor...
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Re: College students come up with plug-in to combat fake news
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2017, 05:46:39 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on December 26, 2017, 05:36:21 pm
Their minds are so open that their brains fell out. What a mess that makes all over their basement floor...

Just another mess for Mom to have to come mop up.  Bright side:  She saves a ton of money on Hot Pockets for them and their video gaming pals.
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