Maarten Schenk | Lead Stories
Lead Stories co-founder Maarten Schenk is our resident expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet. He can often be found at conferences and events about fake news, disinformation and fact checking when he is not in his office in Belgium monitoring and tracking the latest fake article to go viral.
The Trendolizer™ engine which is used at Lead Stories to detect and monitor trending fake news stories is Maarten's brainchild. He is currently the COO/CTO of Lead Stories.
Before co-founding Lead Stories, Maarten worked in speech recognition at Lernout & Hauspie (technology now part of Nuance), project management & blogging at Skynet, weblog software at Six Apart and social media trends at Distractify.
Extra contact info
- Phone: ++32 476 31 07 57
- Skype: schenkm
- Mail: Bakkersstraat 23, 3530 Houthalen, BELGIUM
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maartenschenk/
About us
Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or
inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.
Spotted something? Let us know!.
Lead Stories is a:
- Verified signatory of the IFCN Code of Principles
- Facebook Third-Party Fact-Checking Partner
- Member of the #CoronavirusFacts Alliance
Follow us on social media
Most Read
-
-
Fact Check: CDC Data Do NOT 'Reveal' Hospitals Have Counted Heart Attacks as COVID-19 Deaths
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: The Bidens' Income DID Go From $396,456 In 2016 To $16.5 Million For 2017-2019 -- It's In Public Records: Increases From Book Deals, Speaking Dates
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: ABC, CBS, NBC Have NOT Given 'Zero Coverage' To Hunter Biden Story -- All Three Have Reported The Story
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: Joe Biden's Corvette License Plate Does NOT Say 'THEBIGGUY'
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: Wind Turbines Do NOT Need Their Oil Changed Every 500 Hours, Some Can Go Years
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Say She Wants To Remove Votes From Soldiers Overseas
Fact Check
Most Recent
-
Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say 'Looters Are Just Feeding Their Hungry Kids'
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: YouTube Did NOT Remove Tucker Carlson's Full Interview With Tony Bobulinski
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban This 'President Trump Campaign Ad' -- Which Isn't Really A Trump Ad
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: It is NOT True That All Ballots Arriving After Election Day Will Be Thrown Out
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: Scientific American Did NOT Warn That 5G Is Unsafe, An Op-Ed Guest Writer Did
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: Belakwa, New York, Was NOT Abandoned After Hydrofracking 'Left Its Soil Toxic And Its Aquifer Irreparable' -- The Town Is Fictional
Fact Check
-
Fact Check: Hobby Lobby DOES Sell Jewish Holiday Items
Fact Check