Verify This Week (4/2016)

May 11, 2016 | Linda Rath-Wiggins

Here, we provide interesting links from around the web related to the verification of content from social media: what tools, services and initiatives are there? Who is doing what? What’s the state of affairs regarding eyewitness media? Here’s today’s list. … Read More

Semi-Automated Extraction of Attributed Verification and Debunking Reports from Social Media

October 5, 2015 | Stuart Middleton

Content from social media sites are becoming an important part of modern journalism. Of particular importance to real-time breaking news is amateur on the spot incident reports and eyewitness images and videos. With breaking news having tight reporting deadlines, measured in minutes not days, the need to quickly verify suspicious content is paramount [1] [3]. Read More

Verify This Week (10/2015)

April 22, 2015 | Linda Rath-Wiggins

Here, we provide interesting links from around the web that discuss issues regarding the verification processes of content from social media: What tools, services and initiatives are there? Who is doing what? What’s the state of affairs regarding eyewitness media and related issues? Here is our list for this week.

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Verify This Week (9/2015)

April 1, 2015 | Linda Rath-Wiggins

Here, we provide interesting links from around the web that discuss issues regarding the verification processes of content from social media: What tools, services and initiatives are there? Who is doing what? What’s the state of affairs regarding eyewitness media and related issues? Here is our list for this week. Read More