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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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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 :)
Grant Wilkinson
@BEASTMODE reminds me a lot of Fresco News
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

Pros:

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

Cons:

none so far

Harleen Kaur
Maker
Thanks Kash- glad you like it!!
Dhruv Ghulati
How does the fake news flagging work? Qualified journalists flag news you are streaming in as fake?
Ilit Raz
Super cool app!
Wes Worsfold

I posted a story about an auto accident closing lanes of traffic yesterday and received immediate response from other users that my post helped their commute. New is from many sources and verified as not being FAKE news.

Pros:

Great local news coverage, it distills the need to know info

Cons:

none so far . . .

Harleen Kaur
Maker
Thank you! We saw your story, great use case for the app :)
Danielle Graham

One of my favorite

Pros:

Great way to see a place before you visit- closest way to feel like you're on the ground

Cons:

Other users asking often to see where live

Harleen Kaur
Maker
Thanks Danielle :)
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.
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)
Harleen Kaur
Maker
haha very funny @seanmmasters ! never heard kekspiracy theories before 🤣
Paul Banks
@harleen Thanks for your quick response, I am downloading the app now. BTW I love the concept, congrats!!!
Harleen Kaur
Maker
@paul_banks thanks! Looking forward to your feedback :)
Tanmay Patil
Great app, great concept! I've following the news-tech domain fairly closely and this seems like a promising concept to get rid of fake news as well as serving location based relevant content to the users. However I feel that this could grow multifold passively serving as the backbone for various news apps across the globe. Do you by any chance plan to open up the API?
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!!
Shadab Rashid

I like the fact that I can see across the map which events are the important or active ones, as opposed to just living in my own North American bubble. The reliability and verification of the source is even more important to me.

Pros:

Verification history (e.g. by the different Press entities) really helps me to trust the source.

Cons:

Will need more users at the locations to really benefit from the live crowd responses.

Harleen Kaur
Maker
Thanks Shadab- we will do our best to get more users!!
Manny
This logo looks exactly like http://www.theground.se/ logo. Related?
Lee Warren
@manny_orduna It's the electrical ground symbol, so no surprise there's more than one company using it.
Harleen Kaur
Maker
@manny_orduna no worries! We went a bit geeky on the logo :)
Alain H
Very interesting product. Do you have an API?
Sarah Landstreet

love the concept, neat team behind it too! timely and powerful. keep it up.

Pros:

map is awesome, let's me zoom in to geographic regions of interest and find things I would not have otherwise! love the verification aspect

Cons:

none

Lama Al Rajih
I love this! I rarely download news apps, but Ground now has a permanent place on my phone :) fantastic work @harleen!
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....*
BitBakeryCO

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

Pros:

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.
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 :)