Killing Twitter Trolls: finding & validating eyewitnesses

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Tech reporter and validation expert Henk van Ess presented 10 tips to validate tweets during a internet forum in Amsterdam on October 4th 2012

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Accounts fromTwitter

Henk van Ess www.searchbistro.com @henkvaness

finding & validating eyewitnesses

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1. Find eyewitnesses

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Problem: an eyewitness doesn’t say eyewitness very often

https://twitter.com/i/#!/search-advanced

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So what do eyewitnesses say?

We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL

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So what do eyewitnesses say?

We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL

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So what do eyewitnesses say?

We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL

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So what do eyewitnesses say?

We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL

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So what do eyewitnesses say?

We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL

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So what do eyewitnesses say?

We studied 2000 confirmed tweets of eyewitnesses ** Henk van Ess Medialab VVOJ.NL

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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the

eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)

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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the

eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)

Use the laws of language

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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the

eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)

Use the laws of language

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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the

eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)

Use the laws of language

HEWE

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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the

eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)

Use the laws of language

IHEWE

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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the

eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)

Use the laws of language

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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the

eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)

Use the laws of language

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HE

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WE

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Personal pronoun =possible relation of the

eyewitness withfact(s)/object(s)

Use the laws of language

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HE

HIS

MY

WE

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Difference between geodata in bio & actual tweets

tweet

bio

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geodata in bio can be easily faked

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geodata in bio can be easily fakedgeodata in tweet is harder to fake

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geodata in bio can be easily fakedgeodata in tweet is harder to fake

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geodata in bio can be easily fakedgeodata in tweet is harder to fake

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Mind your language

• Use personal pronouns with keywords

• Try also, if any, to include geodata

• Keep it simple

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https://geofeedia.com

By location:

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www.bing.com/social

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By pictures:

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http://searchinstagram.com

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http://search.coolstreaming.us/live/

By Livestreams

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By newspapers

www.bing.com

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2. Validation tips

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So who should we believe?

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TIP 1

• The usual stuff: fact checking! F.e. can you find proof for the claim that Malik is an independent reporter? What does the text in Arabic say?

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bio check:

https://twitter.com/malikalAbdeh

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Why a Syrian reporter?

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Why a Syrian reporter?

In hindsight : it makes sense :)

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Why a Syrian reporter?

In hindsight : it makes sense :)

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TIP 2

• Look who’s talking (to him)

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Slides from Henk van Ess / NVJ Forum October 4th 2012https://twitter.com/i/#!/search-advanced

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https://twitter.com/i/#!/search/realtime/to%3Amalikalabdeh

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TIP 3

• Analyze followers & who Malik follows

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https://followerwonk.com/analyze/MalikAlAbdeh

Who he follows

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His followers

https://followerwonk.com/wPFV

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https://followerwonk.com/analyze/MalikAlAbdeh

His words

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http://www.tweetstats.com/graphs/malikalabdeh

His virtual friends & more

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TIP 4

• Do historical research. Try to find hidden data with historical research & archive.org

• Find older tweets with Datagrip/ Gnip

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Check owner of the website for a period of years

http://www.domaintools.com

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TIP 5

• Check stats for irregularities

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Is the timezone consistent?

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Is this what you expected?

https://followerwonk.com/analyze/MalikAlAbdeh

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Tip 6

• Use Klout - yeah, it has some purpose :)

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http://klout.com/#/MalikAlAbdeh

glance at possible topics find people who can vouch for your subject

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Tip 7

• Do additional research in Socialmentions.com

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http://socialmention.com/search?q=malikalabdeh&t=all&btnG=Search

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Tip 8: too much data ? Use Excel

Excel file from http://socialmention.com/search?q=malikalabdeh&t=all&btnG=Search

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Tip 9

• Search for more photo’s and video’s: databases of Twitter & YFrog/Mobypicture/Twitpic DO differ!

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yfrog.com

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http://twicsy.com/i/nAJh5

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Tip 10

• Validate pictures

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http://images.google.com

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http://images.google.com

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http://images.google.com

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Twitter: we got the killer!

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other tips

• is the person in a list, if yes, which one (s)?

• too good to be true ?

• consistency

• check favorite tweets

• always think contextual

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next time

• how to validate protected accounts!

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