PR agency linked to fake Forbes websites posts articles to help US visa applications
Insiders say hundreds are using paid PR placements to prove “extraordinary ability”.
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Rob Waugh
Rob Waugh is one of Britain's leading technology and science journalists, and has written about business and emerging technology for dozens of newspapers, magazines and websites over the past 25 years
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US copyright law has been weaponised to silence reporting around the world
Google is removing thousands of articles from search due to spurious DMCA requests.
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Journalist fired by Clickout Media saw robot reporter take over their byline
AI-generated ‘ghost’ reporter revealed as tactic of ‘parasite SEO’ specialists.
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Confusion and anger as publisher moves journalists to pay-per-click contracts
Journalists on The Gamer paid $8 per thousand clicks.
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AI reporters churn out error-strewn stories for football websites
Reputable online football brands have been taken over by ‘parasite SEO’ firm Clickout Media.
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Prolific finance journalists facing questions over identities
Authors behind more than 1,000 articles decline to share evidence they are real.
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AI tools for journalists, and how to avoid ‘brain death’
A range of AI tools are making journalists more efficient, but they come with dangers attached.
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The SEO parasites buying, exploiting and ultimately killing online newsbrands
An investigation into Clickout Media, the SEO company killing websites with AI content.
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Staff journalists sacked and misleadingly replaced with AI writers
Everything about writers Brian Merrygold and Callum Mercer is fake.
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