SSRC Media Well
Disinformation, misinformation, and “fake news” are longstanding phenomena that, in the wake of the digital revolution, have become newly politicized and consequential. SSRC's research on the topic.
Brooklyn, NY
This project has been put to rest.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180214023907/http://mediabugs.org/
Mediabugs
Mediabugs was a service for correcting errors and problems in media coverage.
"The tool contacts journalists after users say there is an error in their stories in order to hopefully correct the stories. The tool allows for conversations about the errors and allows others to more easily identify disinformation." - Counteringdisinformation.org
- Project type
- Tool or platform
- Language(s)
- English
- Tech stack
- BuiltWith report →
- Categories
- Fight disinformation, Graveyard, Media
- Tags
- Wordpress
- Added
- 2022-05-31
- Last modified
- 2026-07-12T16:44:24.000Z
Additional details
- Platforms
- Wikipedia, Wordpress
- Number of integrations
- 0
- Geographic focus
- Global
- Source
- [Database of Informational Interventions](https://counteringdisinformation.org/interventions)
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