Open Source: Fantastic Formulas to Filter Social Media
Who is the mysterious person behind a mining contract in the Central African Republic? What do you do when you have only a very common name and no photos? And what to do when a Twitter account is completely deleted? You filter social media with what you have. In this session you will find out how Mr/Mrs Brown was tracked down via clever use of fantastic filtering in social media, based on the trainer’s work for European news media.
Henk van Ess
Henk Van Ess is an assessor of Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network and a member of Bellingcat. He is obsessed with finding stories in (big) data. His specialisations include social media and data journalism.
- 4 July 2019 10.45–11.45
Location: Theatre LG01 - PSH Building - Goldsmiths, University of London