Jack Goodman

Oct 30, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jack Goodman |Bushra Mohamed |Fauziyya Kabir Tukur

[BBC]Scrolling through Zara’s transactions shows she has spent thousands of dollars on TikTok. Zara, not her real name, is in her 20s, lives in the US and has Somali roots. She became obsessed with the platform’s live battle feature - which sees two influencers verbally spar and sometimes mock each other as they solicit money from their followers to win the bout. She would later discover there is a much darker side to these games and has shared her story with BBC World Service.

May 28, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Yogita Limaye |Shruti Menon |Jack Goodman

Ankur Rana types furiously into his phone, sending messages across the hundreds of WhatsApp groups he manages. "I have 400-450 WhatsApp groups which each have about 200-300 members. Apart from this, I have about 5,000 direct contacts. In this way, I personally reach 10-15,000 people every day," the social media coordinator for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Meerut parliamentary constituency in western Uttar Pradesh explained in the run-up to voting last month.

Oct 5, 2023 | ischool.berkeley.edu | Jack Goodman |Mohanad Hashim

The School of Information offers four degrees:The Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) program educates information professionals to provide leadership for an information-driven world. The Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) is an online degree preparing data science professionals to solve real-world problems. The 5th Year MIDS program is a streamlined path to a MIDS degree for Cal undergraduates.

Oct 4, 2023 | bbc.com | Jack Goodman |Mohanad Hashim

Image source, ReutersImage caption, Omar al-Bashir governed Sudan for three decades but hasn't been seen since the war startedBy Jack Goodman and Mohanad HashimGlobal Disinformation TeamA campaign using artificial intelligence to impersonate Omar al-Bashir, the former leader of Sudan, has received hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok, adding online confusion to a country torn apart by civil war.

May 31, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Jack Goodman |Maria Korenyuk

By Jack Goodman and Maria KorenyukBBC Global Disinformation TeamEvidence of potential human rights abuses may be lost after being deleted by tech companies, the BBC has found. Platforms remove graphic videos, often using artificial intelligence - but footage that may help prosecutions can be taken down without being archived. Meta and YouTube say they aim to balance their duties to bear witness and protect users from harmful content.