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Link: New Guardian, Scoopshot efforts bring elements of automation to photo verification | Poynter.](http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/212585/new-guardian-scoopshot-efforts-bring-elements-of-automation-to-photo-verification/)

The Guardian and Scoopshot both recently unveiled new initiatives to bring an element of automation to verification. In both cases a human element is still essential. But as I noted previously, it’s important to see how much machines can help us deal with the challenge of verifying large amounts of content more quickly.