That’s a wrap! The 55th Annual @iasa_web Conference is done. 268 attendees from over 50 countries. Proud of this organization and the 2023-2026 Executive Board. There is much more to do but for now we take a breath and celebrate. See you next year at @uhmanoa! #iasa55
📹 In 2025, AI tools like #Sora & #Veo2 have made it easy for anyone to create fake #videos that look way too real!
📈⚠️Our ED, @SamGregory, breaks down the risks, trends & what the platforms and governments can do about it!
If you missed his session at the International Journalism Festival 2025 (#IJF2025), you can still catch the recording here 👇🏾🎬https://t.co/1bzXSjxZr8
In the Atlantic, David Brooks writes that the last few weeks have altered his idea of his country. Also makes an argument about Trump and the working class.
🤖 Can you tell what’s real and what’s fake anymore?
At the International Journalism Festival 2025 (#IJF25) in Perugia, Italy, join our Executive Director, @SamGregory, and a powerhouse panel @NilChristopher (@Harvard), @CLeibowicz (@PartnershipAI), and Luisa Verdoliva (The University Federico II of Naples), as they dig into how fake videos are spreading, and what journalists and #Tech experts are doing about it.
They’ll explore:
🌐Detection gaps around the globe
💻The WITNESS Deepfakes Rapid Response Force
⚖️What tech + policy can do next
WHEN: Friday, April 11 | 2:00–2:50 PM
WHERE: Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani
WATCH: Livestream + On-demand
For more information visit 👉🏾 https://t.co/eKqlTQ20Zy
Late Tuesday night grantees in communities across the US, including CAW and AMIA, were notified that their grants had been terminated.
House representatives: https://t.co/sEOyWxVtlR
Senators: https://t.co/VYOORXJ1G7
National Humanities Alliance toolkit: https://t.co/CZqV4KrFxN
The IASA Executive Board is pleased to announce that Jiasui Ling is the 2024 recipient of the Carl Fleischhauer Award!🎉
#avpres https://t.co/NPJjMbT2Tc
MediaInfo 25.03 released.
Support of HDR Vivid Metadata in MXF & AVS3 Video
More MP4 metadata e.g Samsung model
Android/iOS/macOS versions match better their respective UI guidelines
& Several bug fixes
https://t.co/l5043ITria
I made sure i covered everything possible in these 1988 liner notes. Lyrics on the other side. We refused to be lazy or young ourselves down. You had to mind up to it or get left behind…
ALA responds to the Mar. 14 White House executive order that calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (@US_IMLS). Advocates are urged to reach out to elected leaders. https://t.co/QIjNCqLolz
📣New blog Alert‼️
“Tomorrow’s Great Digital Divide: Content With or Without Provenance” by our Technology, Threats & Opportunities team’s Program Coordinator, Jacobo Castellanos (@jacobocas)!
🤔🔍Our digital world is splitting between content with verifiable provenance and content without it—what does this mean for trust in information?
🔗 Read more in the blog: https://t.co/2fPTENSACY
🧵Keep reading! 👇🏾
📣This #InternationalWomensDay, we need more than tech fixes—we need systemic, structural change to tackle the crisis of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (#TFGBV).
📑WITNESS has submitted key recommendations to the @UN_HRC ( United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee), demanding accountability & survivor-centered solutions.
👓Read more about our recommendations: https://t.co/nP411jE65F
#IWD2025
Remembering the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march 60 years ago today.
Let us honor the bravery and courage of ordinary Americans who endured beatings and tear gas in the name of justice.
One of them was John Lewis.
The 1965 photo from the @librarycongress collection.
An honor to write the canonization for "This American Life," for the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. TAL remarkably synthesizes public media genres, innovates distribution and listening practices, and emulates the Chicago disposition. https://t.co/fr4rsGQiDC
I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old. We have spent 60 precious and meaningful years together. Like all great love stories, they never end. They live on in memory and song. He will always be the star of my life story, and I dedicate this song to him.
‘If You Hadn’t Been There’ https://t.co/eD3txPZcZU