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Direct link without lead harvesting nonsense: http://info.digitalshadows.com/rs/457-XEY-671/images/DigitalShadows-TheBusinessofDisinformationFakeNews.pdf http:/
by ryanlol 8y ago
Direct link without lead harvesting nonsense: http://info.digitalshadows.com/rs/457-XEY-671/images/DigitalShadows-TheBusinessofDisinformationFakeNews.pdf http://info.digitalshadows.com/rs/457-XEY-671/images/Digital...
This is super lazy, the paper seems like it was produced by a PR drone whose knowledge on the subject was limited to a list of keywords to google.
- strictnein 8y agoThe article itself is pretty lazy too, like it was a paid placement. It mentions "Digital Shadows" nine times.
- f055 8y agoIt could be very meta if it turned out that the story about fake news is fake itself ;)
- blinky1456 8y agoThe way theregister.co.uk works is that along with their own writers, anyone can submit articles. They pick whether to publish it it/edit then publish. Most news sites do this, even the biggest and most respected. But I think they get a larger amount of their content this way, and consequentially some of it can be a bit self-promoty.
- ryanlol 8y agoI'm pretty sure that John Leyden works for The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/Author/John-Leyden https://www.theregister.co.uk/Author/John-Leyden I could be wrong, but that seems exceedingly unlikely given the amount of stories he authors. Very much seems like either he or The Register got paid for this article.