How Google, Adobe, And IBM Are Helping Newsrooms Fight Fake Images

Social media may offer a wealth of intelligence to journalists as they scout for stories, but harnessing its true potential becomes a challenge given how easy it is to misrepresent information online. With false facts and narratives intertwining these platforms, it becomes an arduous task for them to filter accurate information. And it is not just with texts. Fuelled by the meme culture, images that we find in our newsfeeds may often be fake. With the second-highest number of internet users after China, these issues are magnified in India.