First Draft
 First Draft     | |
|---|---|
| Formation | June 2015 |
| Leader | First Draft/Director |
| Interests | COVID-19 |
| Sponsored by | Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation, Google News Initiative |
| Subpage | •First Draft/Board and members •First Draft/Director |
| Membership | •  Facebook•  Twitter• Open Society Foundations • John S. and James L. Knight Foundation • Ford Foundation • Craig Newmark Philanthropies • Google News Lab |
First Draft News is
Contents
Own Words
"First Draft’s mission is to empower societies with accurate information in critical moments. We work to ensure the integrity of the world’s information ecosystem, developing and delivering pioneering techniques, tools and training for how information is discovered, shared and presented to the public."
Activities
The project draws on experts and organisations working in the field, including reported.ly, Eyewitness Media Hub, Storyful and Meedan.[1]
The group left Harvard University after just over a year "citing problems with brand control".[2]
Reporting
In 2020 the group published a lot of information about COVID-19.
COVID-19
- Full article: COVID-19
- Full article: COVID-19
"Lockdown could last for months. It is likely this is only the beginning of a new trend in falsehoods as people come to terms with a new lifestyle. We all play a role in keeping each other safe from the virus and the impact it has on our lives. The information we share plays a big role here too. Let’s apply the same level of care in not spreading viral misinformation as we do to the virus itself."
Known members
6 of the 7 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Craig Newmark Philanthropies | Grantmaking organization by billionaire sugar daddy Craig Newmark to influence journalism, fight "disinformation" and create "cybersecurity" by among other things rebooting social media. |
| The world's most popular social network, with over 1,000,000,000 users in 2014. | |
| Ford Foundation | In addition to its own billionaire agenda, also known to have been $$$ middleman for covert CIA funding. |
| Google News Initiative | Google and the deep state buying domination over corporate media and creating tools to censor independent voices. |
| Open Society Foundations | A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered. |
| X | Twitter is a social media service. |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Democracy Fund | Finances numerous organizations as part of effort to control the narrative. Founded by Pierre Omidyar in 2011. |
| Ford Foundation | In addition to its own billionaire agenda, also known to have been $$$ middleman for covert CIA funding. |
| Google News Initiative | Google and the deep state buying domination over corporate media and creating tools to censor independent voices. |
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call to Action: CSIS-LSHTM High-Level Panel on Vaccine Confidence and Misinformation | 19 October 2020 | 19 October 2020 | Strategic public-private master plan for medical censorship and vaccine persuasion. |
References
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