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Tech investigative journalism for 2019. Investigating and tracking dodgy shit on the web since 2017. TIPS [email protected] / signal:+447506 504970

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"In joint @engadget & @pointreport investigation, found at least 3 companies actively placing these types of ads connected to incendiary 'news' sites... [that] either regurgitate news from other sources or push out stories:" engadget.com/2019/11/11/goog…
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Investigation: PR firms with GOP ties are using Google's ad platform to collect voter email addresses and push users to sites mimicking reputable news sources (@srmbaker / Engadget) engadget.com/2019/11/11/goog… techmeme.com/191112/p1#a1911…
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ICYMI: A network of GOP-linked incendiary 'news' sites are spending millions of dollars on thousands of Google ads. They're vacuuming up emails and publishing crazy news about cancer cures and dangerous socialists. This is the playbook for Election 2020. engadget.com/2019/11/11/goog…
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New @engadget+@pointreport investigation on digital disinformation by @srmbaker: how shady PR firms, LLCs, GOP donors & fake 'news' sites are spending millions on political ads using Russia's election interference playbook to harvest email addresses engt.co/2Q2YKxT
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1. The Trump campaign has held 15 contests since 2018 offering the chance to win breakfast, lunch, or dinner with President Trump. An investigation by Popular Information did not uncover evidence that anyone has ever actually won popular.info/p/the-trump-cam…
The Trump campaign holds a lot of contests. Does anyone win?

The Trump campaign holds a lot of contests. Does anyone win?

The Trump campaign has held at least 15 contests since 2018 offering the chance to win breakfast, lunch, or dinner with President Trump.

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a very 2019 thing is the delta facial recognition boarding camera breaking and passengers politely applauding going back to regular boarding passes
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.#isisleaderdead, but when I went to #Mosul—where he proclaimed his caliphate—people said they are still living under his legacy of fear. #alBaghdadi engt.co/2PoivzF via @EngadgetUK @pointreport – at Brent, London
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"Tobacco companies are starting anti-tax front groups on Facebook... These Facebook groups look and sound like grassroots organizations, but they're actually owned and operated by tobacco companies." Check out this @pointreport and @engadget video: youtube.com/watch?v=cyKPjRVU…
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We're building a video game to fund investigative journalism and fight misinformation online. Join the fight and help us! kickstarter.com/projects/poi…
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Investigative journalism YouTube outlet @pointreport is raising money for a misinformation-themed video game based on real-life stories. buff.ly/2YUexDQ
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Investigative journalism YouTube outlet @pointreport is raising money for a misinformation-themed video game based on real-life stories: buff.ly/2YJWVeH
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Investigative journalism YouTube outlet @pointreport is raising money for a misinformation-themed video game based on real-life stories buff.ly/2YUexDQ
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Misinformer: Un vídeo juego para detectar #Fakenews |periodismociudadano.com/misi… @pointreport @_JayMcgregor @raulmagallon @espiritusanto @cibervoluntario @centroknightut
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We outchea saving the damn internet, buy our video game and help us fight fake news (and have a lot of fun doing it). ed.gr/bqytf
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Could investigative journalism be made sustainable through mobile gaming? @pointreport is experimenting with the game Misinformer, where players investigate fictionalised journalistic investigations with the core theme of #misinformation buff.ly/2YFMuIe @journalismnews
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Hadn't thought about this idea in video game form- but this is cool! -
Point (@pointreport) profile picturePoint@pointreport24 Jul 2019
We're building a video game to fund investigative journalism and fight misinformation online. Join the fight and help us! kickstarter.com/projects/poi…
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Will we see more gamified news in the future. If @pointreport has its way, we will.
John McCarthy (@JohnGeeMcCarthy) profile pictureJohn McCarthy@JohnGeeMcCarthy30 Jul 2019
.@_JayMcgregor of @pointreport talked me through why the tech news startup is turning its reports into video games. thedrum.com/news/2019/07/30/… @TheDrum
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.@_JayMcgregor of @pointreport talked me through why the tech news startup is turning its reports into video games. thedrum.com/news/2019/07/30/… @TheDrum
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🕵🏾 Point's Investigative Newsletter #1 🗞️ - mailchi.mp/a64aff92986d/poin… has just dropped! Sign up for tech stories that matter from Point and beyond here. mailchi.mp/6becdb83f375/poin…
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