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Proposal: Make it clear who is behind each item of web content

Some Issues and Possible Answers (from MisinfoCon DC breakout)

  1. Legitimately anonymous journalists/publishers
  1. Shell Company Ownership/Secret proxies
  1. Reputation might not really help, people maybe don’t care
  1. Legit publishers can be tainted by slight connections
  1. This doesn’t turn into a 1-bit answer for platforms
  1. Pop-up / hit-and-run sites
  1. Do bloggers and knitting magazines have to live up to this?
  1. This might be a throwback to the world of “gatekeepers”
  1. This might exclude legit publishers
  2. Every approved source looks the same, making it hard for humans to distinguish