Objection, a new service for checking journalistic facts, was launched on Wednesday with “multiple millions” in seed funding from Peter Thiel and Balaji
Srinivasan, and venture capital VC firms Social Impact Capital and Off Piste Capital, TechCrunch reports. Founder Aton D’Souza
says his startup plans to use AI to adjudicate the truth of journalism and help people who feel harmed by coverage fight back. It will cost $2,000 to challenge a story and trigger a public
investigation.Read the whole story at TechCrunch »