The Soros-backed, state-financed disinformation outlet Correctiv, recently found by a German court to have spread false information about the Potsdam meeting last November, has launched what it calls an AI-based ‘fact checker’ project to combat ‘fake news.’
The left-globalist traffic light coalition—whose leading officials, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, met with Correctiv’s director before the ‘secret’ Potsdam meeting, and the publication’s subsequent, grossly deceptive reporting on the gathering—is set to fund the project to the tune of 1.33 million euros.
All of the project’s funding will come directly from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. “The uncontrolled spread of disinformation undermines trust in the state and democratic society. Usage skills and technical measures must be improved—especially since legal interventions are often not possible,” the ministry writes on its official website about the project.
“Democratic systems face major challenges due to misleading information on the Internet. The spread of false information weakens fact-based reporting by reputable media and makes it more difficult for political actors, authorities, media, and citizens to form a reliable picture,” the ministry continues.
In its announcement of the ‘fact checker’ project, which it calls “noFake,” Correctiv, appearing to have conveniently overlooked its past dissemination of false information that triggered mass protests, writes: “Manipulative misinformation undermines democracy and endangers social cohesion.”
In 2022, Correctiv, along with the Ruhr University of Bochum and the Technical University of Dortmund, launched the project with the stated aim of combating ‘fake news’ with the assistance of artificial intelligence. The project reportedly seeks to develop “AI-supported assistance systems” that identify ‘fake news.’
After an artificial intelligence program flags news it deems to be ‘fake,’ human ‘fact-checkers,’ trained by Correctiv, would then go on to check facts themselves as ‘crowd workers.’
The AI-based ‘fact-checking’ project comes as a part of a no-holds-barred, multi-pronged attack campaign being waged by the left-liberal ‘traffic light’ coalition and its ideological exponents in the mainstream press, intelligence services, NGOs, and other institutions, including the Catholic and Evangelical churches, against conservative Germans and the sole party representing them—the AfD—ahead of the crucial EU parliamentary elections later this year.
Despite Correctiv’s history of spreading disinformation and its proximity to the ruling left-liberal coalition, the media outlet has been chosen to act as the primary German-language partner in a ‘fact-checking’ operation spearheaded by Silicon Valley tech giant Meta—the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and X-rival Thread—to combat ‘mis- and disinformation’ during the run-up to the European parliamentary elections in June.