social media verification
The AI pendulum keeps swinging Paid Members Public
When will publisher learn that AI isn't a quick fix for cheap content? Plus changes at the BBC, an SEO apocalypse and more.
Cuttings #9: Make money, sack staff Paid Members Public
It's the LinkedIn way. Plus more on the verification problems in Gaza and some great podcasts to listen to.
Cuttings #3: Social is more than just traffic Paid Members Public
Sometimes the journalism world talks as if social media is purely a place to win traffic. This week, we've been reminded that there's far more to it than that…
Engaged Reading Digest: image verification, cops on TikTok — and why celebs are using a social platform you've never heard of Paid Members Public
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
The first Engaged Reading Digest of 2020 Paid Members Public
Some great links to start your year.
Deepfakes aren't the problem yet - their existence is Paid Members Public
The mere existence of deepfakes is undermining our sense of reality and truth
Messy verification process leave blue ticks open to abuse Paid Members Public
Social media account verification continues to suck. Surprise. Taylor Lorenz [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/06/instagram-and-twitter-should-eliminate-verification/592351/?utm_campaign=Big Revolution&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter]: > All this has led to a glut of mid-tier celebrities, sports stars, and moderately known people
Social media verification: still a crapshoot Paid Members Public
The opaque and unpredictable routes to verified status on social media, make it a desirable status symbol, and a distorting influence on social interactions
