Posting starts anonymously
but is your choice
but is your choice
Choose your
anonymity
anonymity
Find a topic that interests you
Select a
news topic
news topic
Look through mainstream
and independent
publishers perspectives
and independent
publishers perspectives
Browse through
its coverage
its coverage
Pick an article by highest amount of cited claims
Select and read
an article
an article
Look into evidence for
and against a claim
and against a claim
Look into the
sources & evidence
sources & evidence
Repeat until you
feel informed
feel informed
Read another article
from a different perspective
from a different perspective
Media Sifter is a news aggregator that utilises the crowd to verify anyone's content.
Today's media landscape is noisy, biased and often inaccurate and rewards clicks rather than quality.
We want to empower users to navigate through the noise and bias of the media landscape. By utilising the wisdom of the crowd to verify claims we improve the collective access to verified information.
We want to empower users to navigate through the noise and bias of the media landscape. By utilising the wisdom of the crowd to verify claims we improve the collective access to verified information.
“News Aggregation,
Crowd Verified”
Crowd Verified”
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#1 - Aggregation
The Overview Effect: Media Sifter gives you access to the bigger picture so that you have a way to sift through the noise and find what's relevant for you. Read by topic and consume journalism by issue. Navigate by perspective to find multiple opinions on any story.
Today's media landscape is overwhelming and noisy which requires excessive amounts of time to critically consume news.
#2 - Verification
Media Sifter allows users to leverage the wisdom of the crowd to verify claims through blockchain-powered user-consensus.
The platform is also censorship resilient, Removes the need for trust in a central authority which eliminates potential abuse of one entity.
The platform is also censorship resilient, Removes the need for trust in a central authority which eliminates potential abuse of one entity.
Trust in media has reached historical lows and now the majority of the population believe that news is biased or inaccurate.
#3 - Evidence Economics
Enter the evidence economy. Media Sifter pays for contribution and rewards users bringing evidence to back up claims on the platform, creating a source of income for factual news. As the network is entirely owned by its users, interests and long-term incentives are aligned.
The news landscape has turned into an attention economy that pays for clicks and sensationalism, rather than quality and investigative journalism.
How it works
Our Mission
“Empower people to find their
own truths in the world and decentralise influence
through technology.
Starting with the news.”
own truths in the world and decentralise influence
through technology.
Starting with the news.”
John Ferreira
Founder, Product Lead
Founder, Product Lead
Service and visual designer, 10 years of experience working for consultancies, corporates and startups. His personal focus is on supporting free expression and access to good information.
Seasoned in startups and corporations, Rytis has worked most of his career within finance and mobility. He is experienced with Blockchain and enthusiastic about the decentralised future
Rytis Jakubauskas
Founder, Operations Lead
Founder, Operations Lead