Trust in everything read online has fallen post-2016 elections, but there is still minimum progress in recognising the truth from the fallacies.

Aaron Sharockman, Executive Director at PolitiFact, presented during the episode the critical role technology has to play in fighting disinformation. Factchecking is a multi-stakeholder phenomenon that shouldn’t be framed as just the job of the journalist, but it should be addressed as an issue of the whole online community. This week, we are looking into ways trust can be rebuilt in the post-fake news world.