The goal of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project was to “advance the state-of-the-art for detecting, prioritizing, and responding to misinformation online,” because “as more platforms are moving to end-to-end encryption, it is critical that new tools and algorithms are developed to respond to misinformation on these platforms… encryption on platforms such as WhatsApp, Viber, LINE, Telegram, and Signal protects the communications of millions of Americans but also potentially allows rumors, misinformation, disinformation, and other threats to spread.”

This project was funded to develop misinformation tiplines, or online accounts to allow users to check potential misinformation with “leading fact-checking organizations.” It claims to “empower users of online communication platforms and improve their safety while maintaining the benefits of end-to-end encryption.” The project aimed to scale tiplines that can analyze claims in forms of text, image, video, and audio in multiple languages which will “break new ground in natural language processing, computer vision, and machine learning.”