Featured fact-checking How two guys trolled reporters outside Twitter In the rush to cover “breaking news” live at Twitter, journalists fell for a fairly simple hoax. Adam Tinworth Oct 28, 2022 3 min read
engaged reading digest Engaged Reading Digest: image verification, cops on TikTok — and why celebs are using a social platform you've never heard of It's easy to get sucked into the idea that social media is mainly a promotional tool. Today's digest is a reminder that it's much more than that — for good and ill Adam Tinworth Jan 8, 2020 4 min read
fake news To beat "Fake News", look to… Finland? Finland has been fighting Russian information warfare for over five years. What have they learnt? Adam Tinworth Jun 7, 2019 1 min read
hacks/hackers Hacks/Hackers London: AI, Fact-checking, a faster Economist — and better careers for women May's Hacks/Hackers brought us AMP-based web-design, Facebook fact-checking, AI email checks, and a new organisation to support women in their careers. Adam Tinworth May 22, 2019 7 min read
misinformation The Momo Challenge: a press-driven panic over a non-existent threat The Momo Challenge has been all over the internet - and the papers. Only one small problem: it doesn't exist. Adam Tinworth Feb 28, 2019 3 min read
fact-checking The "£500 pcm bed under the stairs" story is probably just marketing Adam Tinworth Oct 1, 2015 1 min read
fact-checking Fact Checking: not applicable to geography, apparently Adam Tinworth Apr 19, 2011 1 min read
fact-checking Fact-checking, Wikipedia and basic journalistic credibility Adam Tinworth Oct 6, 2010 2 min read
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