Berto Jongman: NSF Truthy Social Media Project

Feds Pouring Money Into a Project to Create a Database to Track “Suspicious” Internet Memes

The federal government spent $1 million to create an online database that will collect “suspicious” memes and track “misinformation.” The project, which is known as the “Truthy Database” is being funded by The National Science Foundation, but it seems as if the operation has some powerful political motivations.