Tag Archives: UGC

Recap: CEDMO 2022 Conference “Europe Tackles Information Chaos” – videos of all sessions available

The CEDMO International Conference (#CIC2022) is over. It was a big success. Over 1.5 days, from 22-23 September 2022, experts and stakeholders from various sectors spoke about a wide range of topics that all deal with information disorder and ways … Continue reading

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Preview: CEDMO International Conference (#CIC2022) “Europe Tackles Information Chaos” in Prague

From 22-23 September 2022, I will attend and speak at the CEDMO International Conference (#CIC2022) “Europe Tackles Information Chaos”. Being the Chair of the CEDMO Advisory Board, this is a great honour and something I look very much forward to. About the … Continue reading

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Mental well-being of investigators on the digital frontline

There is a lot of disturbing and potentially traumatizing digital material coming out of Ukraine, especially in the form of images and videos. This article looks at ways to protect journalists from secondary trauma and gives some tips and advice … Continue reading

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Working on digital content verification and launching Truly Media

The past few months I have been rather busy with a variety of verification activities. This ranges from numerous speaking engagements (more here) to the launch of Truly Media, our platform for collaborative verification. Here’s a short recap of what … Continue reading

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Talk at “Correcting Images 2016” / Bildkorrekturen Leipzig

On 19 November I spoke at the conference “Correcting Images 2016: Digitalisation and Development”  in Leipzig. The title of my 1-hour speech (I know that’s long, but judging by comments and feedback received afterwards the audience found it interesting and … Continue reading

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New research project: InVID (In VIDeo veritas)

On 1 January 2016 formally, and at the end of the month practically, a new research project in which I am involved started. It is called InVID, deals with the algorithm-supported verification of user-generated video, and runs from 2016 until … Continue reading

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Verification / Eyewitness Media: Links and Resources

Here, I am collecting links and material that has to do with the verification of eyewitness media (user-generated content). I will add to it as I go along. If you have any suggestions for additions, I very much welcome your … Continue reading

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Social Media and News

On 16 November 2015 I talked about the relevance of Social Media for the news business to an audience consisting of academics, legal experts and industry representatives at a workshop that was co-located with WIFS 2015 in Rome, Italy.

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Reveal summed up by journalism.co.uk

Here’s an article on journalism.co.uk that sums up nicely what we do in our collaborative research project REVEAL It is based on two interviews Mădălina Ciobanu did with myself and Nikos Sarris of ATC, plus material the project consortium have … Continue reading

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UGC in News @Prix Italia

On 21 September 2015 I had been invited to participate in the session entitled “News and User-Generated Content” at Prix Italia 2015. Together with other experts we talked about the impact of eyewitness media / UGC on the news business, … Continue reading

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