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TikTok tests Footnotes
ikTok is trialling a new feature called Footnotes, similar to Community Notes
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on X (formerly Twitter). The platform revealed that Footnotes will let users add extra context and relevant details to videos to help viewers better understand them. The trial is initially launching in the US. TikTok explained that the feature will work alongside existing tools like content labels and fact-checking, unlike Meta’s Community Notes, which replaces its fact-checking system. Similarly to X and Facebook, Footnotes employs a bridging- based ranking system to encourage consensus among users with differing viewpoints. Users with opposing opinions can submit and rate footnotes based on their usefulness. Only those deemed ‘helpful’ become visible to the wider community, who can then vote too.
NEWSROOMS
EVS lands major deal with Al Jazeera
new contract will see EVS deliver its content management solution Mediaception to five key Al Jazeera bureaux. Mediaception will provide Al Jazeera with a unified workflow designed to manage and edit live and near-live news content. Each bureau will have capabilities to ingest multiple live feeds, browse, edit and share news packages A
from a centralised storage system, as well as seamlessly playout news as events unfold. Ahmad Al Fahad, executive director of technology and network operations at Al Jazeera Media Network, said: “Deploying Mediaception will not only enhance operational efficiency, but also bolster our ability to deliver high-quality, timely content to our viewers around the world.”
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