Blockchain as a fact checker (Round 3)
Summary
We foresee a landscape in which articles gain credibility likes and dislikes. Journalists may, moreover, boast of the credibility factor and therefore ascertain their crucial role. They are the crucial junction between fact and fiction and can again take their role as guardians of the truth. DUIC (De Utrechtse Internet Courant) in collaboration with Design Innovation Group & Milvum aim to set up an experiment in which we want to explore the possibilities of block chain for fact-checking by a design manner.
The solution
In the design research project we propose the design a new block chain system and the reflection upon this by users, designers and technicians, alternate constantly. This method allows us to gather information on a very concrete, tangible way and meanwhile create knowledge about the possibilities. The innovation and advantage of our solution instead of a ‘standard’ reviews system lies in the traceability, transparency and the decentralized character of authority. One can always trace back what reviewers have reviewed and which articles have been accepted as truthful. As the participants of the ‘community’ decide on the credibility of an article, the authority on the credibility lies in the hands of these participants.