Verified

Verified is a United Nations project to improve access to accurate information.

For the online account designation, see Account verification.
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In the project the United Nations seeks to organize a network of millions of online volunteers to curate and fact check information online.[1]

The project is a response to misinformation online related to COVID-19.[2]

The project is especially concerned with online distribution of information.[3]

India has expressed special interest in the project and is an organizer of it along with 12 other countries.[4]

wikiHow has also partnered with Verified.[5][6]

There have been a number of campaigns launched via social media using hashtags to highlight awareness around misinformation. For example, #PledgetoPause and #OnlyTogether [7]

References
  1. Edith M., Lederer (22 May 2020). "UN seeks millions of people to counter virus misinformation". AP NEWS.
  2. Besheer, Margaret (21 May 2020). "UN Launches Effort to Counter COVID-19 Misinformation". Voice of America.
  3. Stephenson, Joan (1 June 2020). "United Nations Seeks to Counter COVID-19 Misinformation with Digital First Responders". JAMA Health Forum. 1 (6): e200700. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.0700.
  4. "India leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19". Deccan Chronicle. 14 June 2020.
  5. "Are you sure you want to share that? Sorting online fact from fiction". 25 November 2021.
  6. "How to Fight Misinformation Online - A Course authored by wikiHow and United Nations Verified".
  7. "Freelance Web Developer, Brighton UK".

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