When verifying information you find on the Internet, one of the key considerations is to check the quality and trustworthiness of the source. You check sources for timeliness and accuracy…
Procurement Research, Fake News and Detecting Baloney
IBISWorld published my article, “Detecting Fake News and Baloney During Procurement Research,” in July 2017. In the article I provide background information and a checklist that procurement (and business) professionals…
Play “Which Face is Real?” To Help Spot Fake Digital Identities
Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom at the University of Washington have developed the “Which Face is Real?” game to make players “aware of the ease with which digital identities can be faked, and to…
Love Data Week 2019 Explores the Interesting Concept of Data Justice
Love Data Week 2019 is February 11 – 15 and this year’s theme is “Data in Everyday Life” and the two topics that will be explored are Open Data and…
Microsoft Edge Mobile Users Now Have Access to Fake News Fighter NewsGuard Ratings
NewsGuard, a company that is committed to tackling fake news and misinformation, has made its Green and Red ratings and “Nutrition Label” write ups of news and information websites available…
Freedom on the NET Report 2018 is Eye Opening
I have been curating a Supply Market Intelligence Index Collection for a few years now and still get continuously surprised at the number of excellent research reports containing indices that…
Poynter: Google is Building a Search Engine for Fact Checks
Photo by Mari Helin on Unsplash Poynter, in an article by Daniel Funke, reports that the Google News Initiative has launched a fact-checking content tool (in Beta), which reveals findings from fact-checkers…
Action Plan for Internet Research: Standards for Business Researchers
Concerned about how fake news and misinformation in business environments can lead to disastrous outcomes, Kelly Barner (Buyers Meeting Point) and I have developed the following standards for researchers to…
New Category of Market Intelligence Resources Added to ProcureSearch: News and Content Evaluation
An important new category of market intelligence resources has been added to ProcureSearch. Meeting the critical need of fixing the current day fake news and misinformation phenomenon, startups are offering…
NewsGuard, New Startups, and Fake News in Internet Research
This post, Will New Startup NewsGuard Address Fake News in Internet Research?, appeared on The Point, April 6, 2018, written by Kelly Barner, with a perspective from yours truly: L.…