Category: Transparency
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trust.txt is now visible in the fight against disinformation
The trust.txt system has been working away in the background of the internet for several years now. As of today, it is also now operating in a way that can be viewed by real people. The heart of the trust.txt idea is that trust is shared among groups. If, for example, the Texas Press Association…
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Trust.txt emerging from the background?
In the four years since the board of JournalList first approved the specification document that is the heart of the trust.txt system, there has been an understanding that the whole system operates only behind the scenes. It is not private or secret, it is actually totally transparent and makes clear relationships that may not have…
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JournalList Board Approves New Version of Spec
The board of directors of JournalList unanimously approved publishing the first new version of our specification document in more than two years. As we wrote about before, the main motivation for the change was to include a new element of the document to deal with the robots that work on behalf of Large Language Models…
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New tool to deal with AI
In a box somewhere, I have a book from early in my professional career: Computer Assisted Reporting. That’s how old I am. The idea of using a computer to help a reporter gather the news was new enough that it warranted a book. If a cub reporter today saw that book she might quip, “What’s…
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2023 Year-end update
The last year was another difficult year in the world of journalism. We saw that first-hand because a number of our members are associations of publishers, and they had to make adjustments to their trust.txt files. Still, it was a positive year for JournalList as we saw significant growth in the number of associations and…