17-05-2018 18:17 via theguardian.com

How News Corp-owned agency monitors journalists' social media use – video explainer

News Corp-owned social media agency Storyful has come under scrutiny over a plugin that monitors content journalists are looking at on social media. The tool, called Verify, is a system for checking the authenticity of videos posted on social media platforms. However, a leaked screen capture reveals it also enables Storyful to watch in real time what its clients are looking at. Storyful denies any wrongdoing with the plugin 
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