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What does BigFilter mean?
It's a reference to the Great Filter solution for Fermi's Paradox, reminding us that we really want to avoid this.
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Answers to the questions that we're most often asked.
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Why is BigFilter a public benefit corporation?
Operating as a public benefit corporation lets us raise capital and scale like a for-profit, while being mission-driven like a non-profit.
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Is BigFilter a fact-checking company?
We’re a technology company which provides solutions and approaches to solving problems with information. As such, we develop tools that validate content and assess the efficacy of things like fact-checking algorithms, but we ourselves are not a fact-checking company.
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Shouldn’t we be more worried about ...
... the climate crisis? Global economic disparities? Failures in healthcare? The politics of polarization? Geopolitical conflict?
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Does BigFilter censor information?
Our goal is not to censor information, but rather to remove the obfuscation of inaccurate, misleading, ill-motivated, fraudulent, distracting or otherwise harmful data which prevents clarity. Further, we aim to be transparent in how we handle information so that users of our solutions can understand our processes and mitigations.
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How does BigFilter determine truth?
We don't. Instead, we provide evidence, context, and presentation to help people make informed judgments.
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What happens when BigFilter makes mistakes or facts change?
When we err, we strive to do so transparently. We also recognize that truth isn’t always static. What we believe to be true today based on the best available evidence may be refuted tomorrow, which is a positive indicator of diligent research and the application of the scientific method.
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What is the Global Information Crisis?
The global information crisis refers to the widespread challenges we all face in recognizing and accessing accurate, trustworthy, and meaningful information. The United Nations has described it as: Misinformation, disinformation, hate speech and other risks to the information ecosystem are fueling conflict, threatening democracy and human rights, and undermining public