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
engaged reading digest The first Engaged Reading Digest of 2020 Some great links to start your year. Adam Tinworth Jan 1, 2020 4 min read
machine learning Deepfakes aren't the problem yet - their existence is The mere existence of deepfakes is undermining our sense of reality and truth Adam Tinworth Nov 25, 2019 1 min read
social media verification Messy verification process leave blue ticks open to abuse Adam Tinworth Jul 8, 2019 1 min read
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 Adam Tinworth Apr 29, 2019 2 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
social media verification The critical need for verification skills in modern journalism education A talk by the BBC's Mark Frankel reinforced the critical need for more verification skills in modern newsrooms Adam Tinworth Nov 15, 2018 1 min read
storyful The Guardian catches Storyful tracking what videos journalists are watching Storyful has been running an internal feed of all the videos clients using its Chrome extension watch. Is this malice or incompetence? Adam Tinworth May 17, 2018 3 min read
twitter Hoaxers are crippling Twitter's breaking news value Buzzfeed's experience with breaking news makes it clear that hoaxes are eroding Twitter's value during a major news event. Adam Tinworth Apr 5, 2018 1 min read
donald trump About that 1998 Trump interview… We're all prone to confirmation bias. Even me. Adam Tinworth Nov 9, 2016 1 min read
fact-checking The "£500 pcm bed under the stairs" story is probably just marketing Adam Tinworth Oct 1, 2015 1 min read
digital journalism De Rosa and the social media misinformation problem Adam Tinworth Sep 8, 2014 1 min read
Declan Curry Verify social media content - or look like an idiot Adam Tinworth Apr 15, 2014 1 min read
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