• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    So this is the kind of comments that makes by brain itch because just dropping this kind of information makes it sound plausible. I did some digging.

    In 2021, Newsguard won a just under $750k contract with the US Air Force for “Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences”. I thought this was odd because Newsguard doesn’t seem like a research institution as much as it is a news rating site.

    Digging into their contract FA864921P1569 and it looks like what the USAF purchased was “Misinformation Fingerprints”.

    This was a one-time purchase, charged as equipment.

    The USAF had as much influence over Newsguard’s 1A rights as I do when I complain to Nestle to stop stealing all of our water.