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Simple Real Time Search to counter Misinformation

Fact Checkers and Journalists fighting misinformation need a reliable way to store and search millions of images, audios and videos circulating on chat apps and social media. Since a lot of this data is often recirculate

Repository

This project is a part of the suite of FOSS tools we are building to fight online misinformation at Tattle

Reliable Storage and Search is key to automating chores associated with fighting online misinformation. While there are complex image matching algorithms etc out there (We've made one of those too) given the nature of data sharing on Indian chat apps and social media, even basic duplicate detection algorithms like phash can prove to be a very useful.

This Simple Real Time Search Service eschews fancy algorithms and takes the stand to provide a practical tool to anyone working on online misinformation.

Gif showing search via images

Tech Stack

  • Python
  • RabbitMQ
  • Docker
  • Gatsby (React)

Scope of tasks for hackathon

  • Building Demo App UI
  • Building Admin UI to upload media and monitor progress of indexing
  • Write documentation to make this tool easy to install and run for a non tech savvy audience.

We Value Diversity and Multiplicity of Experiences

At Tattle, we cherish diversity of experiences and perspectives. It adds value to our work. To this end, we strongly encourage everyone, even if they don't feel comfortable with the tech stack, but find alignment with the mission of the project and are driven to learn, to reach out at denny@tattle.co.in :)

Denny George
Mrinal Sinha
Satyam Jha

Email Sent

I have sent an email to the team members who signed up to work on this project. Please reach out to me if you are planning on participating in the hackathon :)

September 11, 2020

Discuss ideas before the hackathon

Feel free to reach out to us before the hackathon begins to get a headstart on the project. You can do the following : 1. The easiest way to reach out for quick clarification and introduction is by emailing on denny@tattle.co.in

  1. If you want to chat in detail, join me on our slack channel

  2. do it the classic way and create a Github issue here :)

September 10, 2020

Project created by Denny George

September 10, 2020