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Owen, Laura Hazard. "WhatsApp fact-checking, deepfake detection, and five other AI/news projects get funding." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 12 Mar. 2019. Web. 3 Dec. 2023.
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Owen, L. (2019, Mar. 12). WhatsApp fact-checking, deepfake detection, and five other AI/news projects get funding. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 3, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/whatsapp-fact-checking-deepfake-detection-and-five-other-ai-news-projects-get-funding/
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Owen, Laura Hazard. "WhatsApp fact-checking, deepfake detection, and five other AI/news projects get funding." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 12, 2019. Accessed December 3, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/whatsapp-fact-checking-deepfake-detection-and-five-other-ai-news-projects-get-funding/.
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