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#factchecking

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Petra van Cronenburg

@botanyone "Photo chosen/Canva": Since they aquired Leonardo, Canva is known for producing AI-fake-photos.
How can you take that company for scientific purposes, even if the photo is a real one?
How can I, as a reader, trust your article, if you work with such a company? I don't have the time to check the photo: ergo, I don't trust it. Sorry, unboosted your article only because of this.

#AIslop#factchecking#science
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Tom Stafford

The top Community Notes contributor is...an antivirus startup?

indicator.media/p/the-top-comm (£)

Curious tale about the #CommunityNotes #FactChecking system on X/Twitter, which arose out of some analysis Alexios, Zara and myself are doing on CN. It seems like one antivirus company got so frustrated with the lack of response from the X about scam posts that they decided to pump their notifications through as CNs so people could be alerted about harmful content that way

I thought someone was gaming X’s crowdsourced moderation; instead, they appear to be helping clean up the platform’s mess for free.
IndicatorThe top Community Notes contributor is...an antivirus startup?I thought someone was gaming X’s crowdsourced moderation; instead, they appear to be helping clean up the platform’s mess for free.
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katzenberger

The state of (mostly) reliable #FactChecking around the world:

There are two larger bodies promoting their own principles, respectively – relying on one of their current members is usually ok, for me (trust, but verify!):

There are also regional organizations specialized more on individual memberships of, and training for, individual media workers; or proto-organizations that look like they haven't fully formed, yet:

If you are aware of other organizations, especially with shared codes of principles with monitored compliance, please leave a reply.

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