New York Times Using Blockchain to Tackle Fake News in Photojournalism
Khai Le
“The New York Times is stepping into the blockchain space as it just announced a new project aimed at fighting fake news, leveraging IBM’s blockchain technology. The project will first experiment and tackle the area of photojournalism, because with the highly advanced technology of today, it is extremely easy to manipulate photos.
The new project was initiated by the publisher’s research and development team and is dubbed “The News Provenance Project”. According to the website for the project, the news media may not be directly responsible for creating the problem of fake news but a recent Pew Research Center study suggests that audiences are looking up to them to fix it and help navigate through the confusing landscape of misinformation.”