social media verification

The AI pendulum keeps swinging 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.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI

Cuttings #9: Make money, sack staff Members Public

It's the LinkedIn way. Plus more on the verification problems in Gaza and some great podcasts to listen to.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
LinkedIn

Cuttings #3: Social is more than just traffic 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…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media

Engaged Reading Digest: image verification, cops on TikTok β€” and why celebs are using a social platform you've never heard of 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 β€” for good and ill

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
engaged reading digest

The first Engaged Reading Digest of 2020 Members Public

Some great links to start your year.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
engaged reading digest

Deepfakes aren't the problem yet - their existence is Members Public

The mere existence of deepfakes is undermining our sense of reality and truth

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
machine learning

Messy verification process leave blue ticks open to abuse 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
social media verification

Social media verification: still a crapshoot 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
verification