We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
Amateur sleuths doxxed an unrelated University of Arkansas professor of engineering, based on his resemblance to one of the white nationalist rally marchers photographed in Charlottesville, who had been wearing an “Arkansas Engineering” tshirt. (Journalists at Storyful, a news agency that verifies social media content, aim to find eight to 10 pieces of corroborating information before confirming an identity, said Ben Decker, a research coordinator.) —
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