Fujitsu and Japanese Uni propose 'endorsement layer' to make the internet trustable
The video details a scenario in which a social media user posts an image of what appears to be unusual quantities of dirty brown water coursing over a dam's spillway and into a river with an opinion that a flood is imminent. The scenario assumes the post is taken to be true – sparking anxiety among residents, possible panic buying, or even an inappropriate emergency services response.
The endorsement layer the authors envisage would scour the internet for authoritative data sources, such as water level sensors. Users who view a post about a possible flood could request to access such data, which would be published by the endorsement layer. A better-informed reader would therefore know not to raid supermarkets for a year's worth of toilet paper, and emergency services would save their resources for more pressing tasks.
The proposal imagines the endorsement layer would not rely on a single sensor or information source, but instead offer users the chance to add data to the endorsement layer. The result would theoretically be"an endorsement graph with a data structure expressing the connection between additional information linked to the data."
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