X (Twitter)
The Tickpocalypse is upon us
Musk’s long threatened bonfire of the blue ticks is nearly here. And it could change the relationship between journalists and Twitter forever. Plus, some great weekend reads.
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.
social media verification
Messy verification process leave blue ticks open to abuse
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
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
wikipedia
The dark underbelly of paid Wikipedia editing
Wikipedia's growing role as a verification source has made it more lucrative for paid editors.
City St George’s
Fake News - and how to fix it: a journalism debate at City University, London
Liveblogged notes from the “Fake News” event at City University, co-organised by The Media Society and the Student Publication Association. Prone to error, inaccuracy, horrible typos and screaming crimes against grammar and syntax. Post will be improved over the next 48 hours. Jonathan Hewett, our chair, isn’t keen on
claire wardle
Defining the real forms of Fake News
The lovely, lovely First Draft Coalition [https://firstdraftnews.com] has been doing some excellent work in unpicking the roots of the real “Fake News”, before that phrase got co-opted [https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2017/02/fake-fake-news.html]. In particular, research director Claire Wardle has expended on work by Elliot
ethics
WikiLeaks Task Force doxing concerns: is Twitter verification making you a target?
Remember when I was amused by Twitter deciding that I’m not a journalist [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2016/11/journalism-social-media-arbitration.html] or in the media? Well, now I’m profoundly glad. Why? Well, this little Tweet from a WikiLeaks-affiliated group went out on Friday: Of course, many, many
You're only a journalist if Twitter and Facebook say so.
The social media platforms decide if we are journalists or not. How… odd.
Buzzfeed
Buzzfeed is trying to speed up social media debunking
Buzzfeed has a social media verification team [https://firstdraftnews.com/buzzfeed-wants-use-social-media-might-take-hoaxers/] : > BuzzFeed Canada editor and First Draft Coalition member Craig Silverman will be leading the charge from Toronto, “bringing his deep expertise at debunking hoaxes to our reporting arsenal,” said Scott Lamb, BuzzFeed’s head of international growth, “and
Reddit for Journalists
Three speakers at news:rewired talking about use of Reddit in journalism, moderated by Mark Frankel, assistant editor, social news, BBC
Journalism
Verification is so very hard
Take a look at this video: Pretty clearly a concept video done by some students, right? That information’s all there, including the account name on Vimeo. Even the most cursory of verification checks would show that up. So, it’s not like anyone would publish it as a real