Tech and Media Companies Are Teaming Up to Keep Brazil’s Elections Fake-News-Free

Facebook, Twitter, Google and NewsWhip are participating in Comprova

Voters in Brazil are set to go to the polls and choose a president starting Oct. 7 and running through Oct. 28, and the Comprova initiative was established to help ensure that the news those voters see is authentic.

Platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google and NewsWhip are teaming up with First Draft, a project based out of Harvard University’s Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center, and industry associations and news organizations across Brazil on Comprova.

Comprova will kick off Aug. 6 and run through the Oct.

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