[Air-L] Research in Verifying User Generated Content - Platforms and Initiatives?

[Joly MacFie]

Guardian Project's InformaCam - not sure how much traction it has.

I shot video http://isoc-ny.org/p2/5812

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 6:35 AM, R.A. Larsen <ral73 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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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