Mastodon is the best social network for breaking news from trusted sources. I wish the Mastodon Core project would prioritize features such as global search that would make it easier to discover boots-on-the-ground reporters and OSINT (and no, hashtags don't work so spare me the proselytizing)

@DataDrivenMD

how do I know this article is actually from ProPublica? because it's on their website. how do I know this social media post is actually from them? cause the account is on the propublica.social server. someday. and yes, search. imagine all journalist website software having the fediverse built in, so all their articles are automatically part of our network. that's something big social cannot do. I too wish the Core team would prioritize journalism. the rest will follow.

@wjmaggos @DataDrivenMD exactly this, add simple digital signatures with content hashes and you even eliminate the "instance in the middle" problem.

@manitcor @wjmaggos @DataDrivenMD
Don't mean to rain on your parade, but the best journalism today is video.
The best access, turnaround and searchability is:

Tiktok

Why Modi outlawed it in his struggle agaist Sikh culture - And Trump attempted to in his struggle against the US.

Trump example from Portland OR:
https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:John_Bessa/List_of_Portand_Oregon_Protest_video_sources#List_of_PORTLAND_OR_PROTEST_VIDEO_SOURCES

User:John Bessa/List of Portand Oregon Protest video sources - Wikiversity

@johnbessa @wjmaggos @DataDrivenMD as AI becomes more capable, video will have the same problem.

it already does if any well equipped actor wants to get into video editing.