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Messages Replies For You Login Give it a try: Paste a suspicious text message below COVID-19 Donald Trump China Search or Send hoax message to Cofacts via the LINE app Search by ID @cofacts” or scan the QR Code above to follow Cofacts LINE account. Forward suspicious text to it, the chatbot will help you check the credibility of the text! Tutorial Everyone wants to know... Loading... How do we determine truth? Crowdsourced and Diverse The fact checking replies are written from other contributors, Cofacts helps you see the diversity of the fact checking process. Everybody can fact-check the fact checkers We believe there is no omniscient judge. We feel that only through individuals working together can we determine truth. You can review the others’ viewpoints and share your perspective on the Cofacts platform. A Community of Mutual Support Cofacts is building a community where everyone plays a part in fact-checking. You can make a difference in others’ lives through your contributions to the fact-checking repository. Real-Time Response Once someone respond to your pending request, the chatbot will answer you through LINE. It’s fast and immediate, you don’t even have to wait. Better yet, you don’t even need to say ‘thank you’. Ask the bot to verify for you, no need to feel uncomfortable asking it for favors. Crowdsourcing Anyone can verify and respond to other’s requests on possible hoax and upload it into our database. We encourage citizens to join our program, even invite your mom and dad to join. Different Views Knowing what’s fact and what’s an opinion. Seeing different sides of the story makes you realize your own blindspot, allowing everyone to respect each other’s perspectives. Open Source Authorization Codes of different patches, meeting records and database statistics are all opened to public. We encourage more open source data; work and share with others in a transparent environment, create different possibilities. Do you want to join us in fighting disinformation? Join us today. The world needs YOUR help! It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been unhappy with how previous fact checks were written, found a hoax that hasn’t been busted, or are just full of a sense of justice and a desire for truth, YOU could be the next misinformation-busting warrior! Count me in! Fact Checker Daily Statistics Check out what we’ve been able to accomplish together. About 250 new messages entering our database each week. About 210 people forwarding new messages to our database each week. But less than 12 active editors can help us respond each week. Every 2 months we hold a gathering of editors. We need your help! Join us today! Cofacts needs all of you to help our current program to be more efficient and complete. This collaborate program cannot be completed by a small community, we need everyone to contribute, write codes, bust hoaxes and research. Self-motivated researching and responding is the way to transcend this program into something great. I want to learn how to use Cofacts I can help bust hoaxes I can help with coding Look mom, it’s me! 2018-11-22 Quartz / How Taiwan battled fake anti-LGBT news before its vote on same-sex marriage 2018-11-01 The Diplomat / Taiwan: The Frontline of the Disinformation Wars 2018-10-19 TNLi / Taiwan Takes Centerstage in Global Fight Against ’Fake News’ 2018-08-16 The Splice Newsroom / At Cofacts in Taiwan, volunteer editors and a time-saving chatbot race to combat falsehoods on LINE. 2018-08-02 Deutsche Welle Brasil / The power of Whatsapp to manipulate voters (Brazil) 2017-03 University of Oxford / Computational Propaganda in Taiwan: Where Digital Democracy Meets Automated Autocracy Fact Check Messages Replies For You Tutorial About About Cofacts User Agreement Introduction Source Code Medium Impact Report Contact Contact Us Facebook forum Line: @cofacts Donate to Cofacts ・...