AI
The AI pendulum keeps swinging
When will publisher learn that AI isn't a quick fix for cheap content? Plus changes at the BBC, an SEO apocalypse and more.
social media verification
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LinkedIn
Cuttings #9: Make money, sack staff
It's the LinkedIn way. Plus more on the verification problems in Gaza and some great podcasts to listen to.
Social Media
Cuttings #3: Social is more than just traffic
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
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
engaged reading digest
The first Engaged Reading Digest of 2020
Some great links to start your year.
machine learning
Deepfakes aren't the problem yet - their existence is
The mere existence of deepfakes is undermining our sense of reality and truth
verification
Social media verification: still a crapshoot
The opaque and unpredictable routes to verified status on social media, make it a desirable status symbol, and a distorting influence on social interactions
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.