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Harleen Kaur

Ground - A NASA space engineer fixing Fake News

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Ground is a new app that fills the information gap between social media and traditional news media. Ground busts Fake News by engaging users on the ground and using patent-pending AI tech and human verification.

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Harleen Kaur
Maker
Hi PH- I am a former NASA space engineer 🚀 on a mission to fix the news industry. The inspiration behind Ground is to put news reporting and verification in the hands of qualified journalists and eyewitnesses. Launching in memorial of one of the greatest journalist of the century, Edward Murrow! Features: - Read verified news from over 10,000 news publications - Unique Map interface - Track Social Media coverage of the news - Contact eyewitnesses to get latest updates - Receive push notifications for verified breaking news - Receive push notifications for flagged fake news *Benefits* : - Burst your filter-bubble - News from all over the world (no more ignoring Congo!) - Accountability for every news article - Cut out the noise *Upvote us to save democracy as we know it! No pressure....*
Paul Banks
So am I to assume this app aggregates news from only MSM sites or does it also curate news from independent sources?
Harleen Kaur
Maker
@paul_banks we get news from 3 sources over 10K publications ( big guys like CNN, BBC down to your local newspaper), Social Media ( what we can verify) and news reported by Ground users. Every time a user reports a news, a notification is sent to users in vicinity ti verify/debunk ( similar to reporting accidents on Waze)
Sean M Masters
@paul_banks @harleen Oh no, my kekspiracy theories! /sarcasm
Harleen Kaur
Maker
haha very funny @seanmmasters ! never heard kekspiracy theories before 🤣
Paul Banks
@seanmmasters I prefer Qspiracies...LOL
Paul Banks
@harleen Thanks for your quick response, I am downloading the app now. BTW I love the concept, congrats!!!
Andrew Flynn
Congrats on the Launch! Where do you see Ground going in the next 6-12 months, Harleen? More crowdsourced news? More AI? More editorial? Looks great so far!
Harleen Kaur
Maker
@andrewpflynn thanks ! Plan is to keep adding more news sources. We have over 10K news publications included but we aim to have every single credible international/national and local publication included.
Michał Urbanowicz
During the times of fake news this could be great solution! Nice idea!
Harleen Kaur
Maker
@michal_urbanowicz thanks! we are trying to combine tech with traditional journalism and eyewitness commentary to provide a full picture. Hope you like it :)
Kash Pourdeilami

I really really like the map view. I follow soccer and with ground I can zoom in on Manchester, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona, etc. to follow different matches and see what is happening

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Great balance between local and global news, very well designed and polished interface, the map view

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none so far

Harleen Kaur
Maker
Thanks Kash- glad you like it!!
Matt Gardner
Very cool and very needed right now!
Harleen Kaur
Maker
@thatmattgardner thanks for helping us Beta testing and your product feedback was super helpful :)
Crista Renner
My new go-to tool for news. It curates everything in one place, and I can look at a headline but access various perspectives from different news outlets to understand different points of view. I can access based on the latest news, top headlines, or my fave - the map view.
Harleen Kaur
Maker
@crista_renner thanks for supporting us!!
BitBakeryCO

List and map views of news. I use a lot of news services and Ground has my favorite.

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Verified news summary, global or local. Links to more indepth news

Cons:

Nothing so far . .

Harleen Kaur
Maker
Thanks Guy- we have figured out that there are people who like exploring the Map and people who like efficient feed format. We have included both the features.
Ilit Raz
Super cool app!
Guy Streetley

I think the map is great idea and moves away from just the traditional list view. If you zoom in on the map you can see local news stories from lots of locations around the world.

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You can see news stories at their actual locations on the map

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Great so far!

Harleen Kaur
Maker
Thanks Guy! We love the map too !!
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