Fake news weaponizes misinformation as an existential threat to democratic society. Malicious actors are leveraging technology to strategically spread disinformation to online groups of like-minded people. Data science technologies present tremendous opportunities for curbing fake news before it goes viral. Firms must build open source scoring systems, including traceable lineage of source data and weighting, so that the methods and data used by AI fact checkers is human readable and understandable. Ultimately, trustworthy data science will be the foundation that helps companies reverse the trends of mass misinformation and restore objective facts.”]