[Air-L] Research in Verifying User Generated Content - Platforms and Initiatives?
R.A. Larsen
ral73 at cam.ac.uk
Fri Jul 3 03:35:55 PDT 2015
Hello all,
My name is Rebekah Larsen, and I'm a current grad student at the
University of Cambridge. I'm part of a project researching how to make
it easier for citizen witnesses of human rights violations to capture
the attention of journalists and human rights defenders, which includes
facilitating the verification of social media. More information on the
project can be found at the link below.
http://www.smhr.sociology.cam.ac.uk/blog/TheWhistleOverview
We are currently surveying the range of online platforms or initiatives
already being developed with potential for social media verification,
both commercial (e.g., Storyful) and non-profit (e.g., CheckDesk). If
anyone can point me towards any other examples, resources, research,
etc., it would be much appreciated!
Best, and many thanks,
Rebekah
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