Fighting fake news with blockchain technology (feat. Evan Hansen of Factland DAO)

The Agenda Podcast: Decoding Crypto

We live in the era of fake news, and with the advent of AI, it will become even harder to determine which real media is real and which is fake. Evan Hansen of Factland DAO explains why source and fact authentication should be a community exercise.
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1. Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode (00:00:00)

2. Misinformation intensifies in 2024 (00:01:41)

3. Fact-checking at Factland DAO (00:06:37)

4. How Factland DAO determines what is fake and what is accurate (00:11:03)

5. Why fact-checking should be decentralized (00:18:04)

6. The role blockchain plays in Factland DAO’s fact-checking process (00:22:11)

7. Evan Hansen and Factland DAO’s origin story (00:33:32)

8. Combatting disinformation is a communal exercise (00:40:06)