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Verified is a United Nations project to improve access to accurate information. In the project the United Nations seeks to organize a network of millions of online volunteers to curate and fact check information online.[1] Verified has held a social media campaigns using hashtags to raise awareness about misinformation, such as #PledgetoPause,[2] #ItsPossible[3] and #OnlyTogether.[4]

The project is a response to misinformation online related to COVID-19.[5] The project is especially concerned with online distribution of information.[6]

India has expressed special interest in the project and is an organizer of it along with 12 other countries.[7] wikiHow has also partnered with Verified.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Edith M., Lederer (22 May 2020). "UN seeks millions of people to counter virus misinformation". AP NEWS.
  2. ↑ "Verified | #Pledgetopause". Verified. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  3. ↑ "Freelance Web & App Developer in Brighton UK". jamesbr.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  4. ↑ "Verified | #OnlyTogether". Verified. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  5. ↑ Besheer, Margaret (21 May 2020). "UN Launches Effort to Counter COVID-19 Misinformation". Voice of America.
  6. ↑ Stephenson, Joan (1 June 2020). "United Nations Seeks to Counter COVID-19 Misinformation with Digital First Responders". JAMA Health Forum. 1 (6): e200700. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.0700. PMID 36218508.
  7. ↑ "India leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19". Deccan Chronicle. 14 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Are you sure you want to share that? Sorting online fact from fiction". UN News. 25 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "How to Fight Misinformation Online - A Course authored by wikiHow and United Nations Verified". wikiHow.

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