On the Wisdom of the Crowd

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Link: Image Authentication and Forensics | Fourandsix Technologies – Blog – On the Wisdom of the Crowd

In short, crowd-sourced photo and video footage will no doubt be a valuable tool to deploy in many future investigations, but it is a tool to be approached with an abundance of caution. The potential for a distortion of the truth is very real, and the consequences can be serious and heartbreaking