Associated Press will use blockchain to combat false news

Associated Press Information Agency (AP) collaborates with Everipedia and a decentralized chainlink oracle network for tracking fake news.

According to the statement
Everipedia, Cooperation will allow AP to determine the authenticity of the pre -election presidential News with a blockchain. Associated Press collaborates with a large number of freelance journalists to obtain information on the progress of local election campaigns. The information agency will use the capabilities of the blockchain for the cryptographic signature of the data received from these journalists.

This does not fully guarantee the accuracy of the news received, since the hack of the main AP systems or theft used to sign the keys is not excluded. But otherwise, such a system is much more reliable than the usual sending of information through e -mail.

The Everipedia Chainlink unit will provide smart contracts with access to US elections, Cryptographic evidence supported by cryptographic evidence. It can be used to check that, that data from the node come directly from the original API Associated Press, to which Everipedia has exclusive authenticated access.

This integration has become possible, Thanks to the use of ChainLink Oracles infrastructure, Allows Associated Press to sign and publish elections in the USA simultaneously in several different blockchains.

This is not the first attempt to use blockchain to combat false news. In the summer the publication The New York Times, As part of the News Provenance project jointly with IBM, Start test
blockchain to combat fake news.

Earlier, other media also turned to the blockchain. Also in 2018 For the year, the American Forbes magazine announced cooperation with the Civil Startup to publish its content in a decentralized network. However, recently startup Civil, working on the creation of a decentralized platform to finance the media and post materials, In June, he announced the closure after four years of work.