THREAD: How to verify images online?
Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements.
So, here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of an image you see on your social media feeds.
Why are only 20% of researchers in #finance female? SHoF’s short film “Sidelined in Science” discusses the science behind roadblocks to women’s academic career in (financial) economics. Marieke Bos @MariekeJBos will premier the movie at the #MFA meeting on March 16 in Chicago.
Last year we began investigating a shoe recycling project run by Dow and the Singapore government. We discovered that shoes they said would be turned into jogging tracks were exported to Indonesia. 🧵TV/story 👇@specialreports https://t.co/fizDQFjG4v
ChatGPT is trained on a large amount of news data from top sources that fuel its AI. It's unclear whether OpenAI has agreements with all of these publishers. Scraping data without permission would break the publishers' terms of service.
Commodity fraud scoop
Trafigura Group is facing more than half a billion dollars in losses after discovering metal cargoes it bought didn’t contain the nickel they were supposed to
@megacontango
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NEW: Singapore will lift its few remaining Covid-19 restrictions, no longer requiring residents to wear masks on public transport from Feb 13. The multi-ministry task force, formed in 2020 to lead the government's virus response, will be stood down.
New Zealand's Ardern leaves legacy of kindness, disappointments My take on @jacindaardern shock resignation today. @reuters#NewZealand https://t.co/p1VQklLRfA
#PAS green wave decades in the making, will pose serious challenge to #PH govt, #Malaysia's way of life. PAS's influence accelerated in last 20 years, via thousands of schools owned by PAS or its supporters, spread across the country.
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A thread here for those who don't understand why the China protests over the weekend protests are so shockingly rare.
Surveillance. In. China. Is. Extreme. Think you could evade Chinese police? Let's walk through it: