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lebenvontrouvaille · 9 months

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Some shots from my phone. What a great night!

#pernille harder #wwc23 #woso #womens world cup #wwc #denmark #china pr #perth #australia

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daminouspurity · 9 months

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China PR vs. England | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | Predictions FIFA 23

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myfunkybdaytv · 2 years

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U-17 WWC: Flamingos set to begin campaign on Friday

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rodmansanchez · 5 months

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the look of pure OFFENSE on jaedyn shaw’s face when the announcer calls out “first international goal” instead of second is PRICELESS

#she’s so funny #uswnt #woso #jaedyn shaw #uswnt vs china pr

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extasiswings · 1 month

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“Journalists stop asking actors about Buddie” challenge but also this is Comedy Gold.

#chapel for ts #like they’re not allowed to answer! if it’s happening they will never tell you that! they have to be careful!#and I do feel a little bad for Oliver especially who has been playing this very careful pr game for years #while Ryan just jumped in like a bull in a china shop #but also it’s HILARIOUS for me

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melodiousoblivionao3 · 5 months

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#emily sonnett #uswnt v china pr #uswnt

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thepastisalreadywritten · 1 month

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(CNN) — Jack Latham was on a mission to photograph farms in Vietnam — not the country’s sprawling plantations or rice terraces but its “click farms.”

Last year, the British photographer spent a month in the capital Hanoi documenting some of the shadowy enterprises that help clients artificially boost online traffic and social media engagement in the hope of manipulating algorithms and user perceptions.

The resulting images, which feature in his new book “Beggar’s Honey,” provide rare insight into the workshops that hire low-paid workers to cultivate likes, comments and shares for businesses and individuals globally.

“When most people are on social media, they want nothing but attention — they’re begging for it,” Latham said in a phone interview, explaining his book’s title.

“With social media, our attention is a product for advertisers and marketers.”

In the 2000s, the growing popularity of social media sites — including Facebook and Twitter, now called X — created a new market for well-curated digital profiles, with companies and brands vying to maximize visibility and influence.

Though it is unclear when click farms began proliferating, tech experts warned about “virtual gang masters” operating them from low-income countries as early as 2007.

In the following decades, click farms exploded in number — particularly in Asia, where they can be found across India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, and beyond.

Regulations have often failed to keep pace: While some countries, like China, have attempted to crack down on operations (the China Advertising Association banned the use of click farms for commercial gain in 2020), they continue to flourish around the continent, especially in places where low labor and electricity costs make it affordable to power hundreds of devices simultaneously.

‘Like Silicon Valley startups’

Latham’s project took him to five click farms in Vietnam.

(The click farmers he hoped to photograph in Hong Kong “got cold feet,” he said, and pandemic-related travel restrictions dashed his plans to document the practice in mainland China).

On the outskirts of Hanoi, Latham visited workshops operating from residential properties and hotels.

Some had a traditional setup with hundreds of manually operated phones, while others used a newer, compact method called “box farming” — a phrase used by the click farmers Latham visited — where several phones, without screens and batteries, are wired together and linked to a computer interface.

Latham said one of the click farms he visited was a family-run business, though the others appeared more like a tech companies.

Most workers were in their 20s and 30s, he added.

“They all looked like Silicon Valley startups,” he said. “There was a tremendous amount of hardware … whole walls of phones.”

Some of Latham’s photos depict — albeit anonymously — workers tasked with harvesting clicks.

In one image, a man is seen stationed amid a sea of gadgets in what appears to be a lonely and monotonous task.

“It only takes one person to control large amounts of phones,” Latham said. “One person can very quickly (do the work of) 10,000. It’s both solitary and crowded.”

At the farms Lathan visited, individuals were usually in charge of a particular social media platforms.

For instance, one “farmer” would be responsible for mass posting and commenting on Facebook accounts, or setting up YouTube platforms where they post and watch videos on loop.

The photographer added that TikTok is now the most popular platform at the click farms he visited.

The click farmers Latham spoke to mostly advertised their services online for less than one cent per click, view or interaction.

And despite the fraudulent nature of their tasks, they seemed to treat it like just another job, the photographer said.

‘There was an understanding they were just providing a service,” he added. “There wasn’t a shadiness. What they’re offering is shortcuts.”

Deceptive perception

Across its 134 pages, “Beggar’s Honey” includes a collection of abstract photographs — some seductive, others contemplative — depicting videos that appeared on Latham’s TikTok feed.

He included them in the book to represent the kind of content he saw being boosted by click farms.

But many of his photos focus on the hardware used to manipulate social media —webs of wires, phones and computers.

“A lot of my work is about conspiracies,” Latham said. ” Trying to ‘document the machines used to spread disinformation’ is the tagline of the project. The bigger picture is often the thing we don’t see.”

Click farms around the world are also used to amplify political messages and spread disinformation during elections.

In 2016, Cambodia’s then-prime minister Hun Sen was accused of buying Facebook friends and likes, which according to the BBC he denied, while shadowy operations in North Macedonia were found to have spread pro-Donald Trump posts and articles during that year’s US presidential election.

While researching, Latham said he found that algorithms — a topic of his previous book, “Latent Bloom” — often recommended videos that he said got increasingly “extreme” with each click.

“If you only digest a diet of that, it’s a matter of time you become diabetically conspiratorial,” he said.

“The spreading of disinformation is the worst thing. It happens in your pocket, not newspapers, and it’s terrifying that it’s tailored to your kind of neurosis.”

Hoping to raise awareness of the phenomenon and its dangers, Latham is planning to exhibit his own home version of a click farm — a small box with several phones attached to a computer interface — at the 2024 Images Vevey Festival in Switzerland.

He bought the gadget in Vietnam for the equivalent of about $1,000 and has occasionally experimented with it on his social media accounts.

On Instagram, Latham’s photos usually attract anywhere from a few dozen to couple hundred likes.

But when he deployed his personal click farm to announce his latest book, the post generated more than 6,600 likes.

The photographer wants people to realize that there’s more to what they see on social media — and that metrics aren’t a measurement of authenticity.

“When people are better equipped with knowledge of how things work, they can make more informed decisions,” he said.

“Beggar’s Honey,” co-published by Here Press and Images Vevey, is available now.

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chelscait · 9 months

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OOOOOH THIS REF IS A CUNT

#i’m flying to australia just to beat that bitch a gooden #cait watching football #china pr v england #woso

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victoriasnails · 2 years

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Such an iconic moment from Jurassic Park

Used in this mani:

Ella + Mila - Pure

China Glaze - Olive To Roar, T.Rex Appeal

What's Up Nails - Neither Noir

Glisten & Glow Topcoat

Skinny straight tape from @whatsupnails

Stamping Plate: Jurassic Park Collection 01 from @moyou_london

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liu-yu-xin · 1 year

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Ok from a purely business stand point it would be bad to bring that man back like if they do that rn theyre just completely giving up on the chinese market for wayv because chinese fans unanimously hate him to the point where u will still get dogpiled if u say u like him and it just doesnt make sense for them to give up on all that cash

#and its not like chinese fans are not susceptible to being manipulated by some good pr tricks but they also havent done anything to #rehabilitate his image and besides the prime time for that has passed bc him being away for so long is an admission of guilt #and idk if sm even understands that the kind of pr u have to do in china is different from everywhere else #the worst is if they dont even realize this and bumble through it without realizing the consequences itd have for wayv #sidney talks shit #wayv

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daminouspurity · 9 months

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Denmark vs. China PR | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | Predictions FIFA 23

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rodmansanchez · 5 months

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i get it, we’re trying new players, giving them minutes yada yada yada, but i am bored. we looked like ass. gimme trin and soph. and some pizazz in the midfield.

#uswnt #uswnt vs china pr

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numinousdread-a · 2 years

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Just reminding y’all that it is bigotted and racist to slam on danmei as a genre but then have ur gay anime ship and western queer ships in your blog/insp <3

#hawk speaks. ╾ (ooc)#this is my spicy take for you to think on today #in regards to the h*artstopper author #like REALLY think on what you DO know about danmei #versus what you speculate it is #and really try to understand if it is any different from the fanfic you like to read #and most of all put yourself in the shoes of the authors before u assume they are cishet women living in a strict homophobic nation #also examine your views in purity #pr*est is a great example #I am 99% certain based on interviews that author is queer asf #and most of their stories are plot heavy with romance and I have seen maybe 2 whole sex scenes in all the books #so please.#reflect on why you’re defending yt queer media that is the same/inspired by poc queer media #and why the media from China is different from media from Japan to u #think. carefully. and thoroughly.#/rant

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melodiousoblivionao3 · 5 months

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Trinity involvement in all 3 goals🫶

Jenna getting her first cap on her first call up🫶

Abby D playing the whole game🫶

#yay my girlssss!!#jenna nighswonger #trinity rodman #abby dahlkemper #uswnt v china pr

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rhk111sblog · 7 months

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“Defending our Territory” DAW, and yet absolutely refusing to say anything about SABAH? ‘Pinapunta pa nga niya ang Prime Minister ng Malaysia dito sa Pilipinas, tapos ang TAHIMIK niya’ (He even invited the Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) of Malaysia to visit the Philippines, and he was very QUIET about Sabah the entire time of the Minister’s visit)

It seems that the orders of the United States (US) is the Philippines to FIGHT China, but not Malaysia over Sabah, or Taiwan over Itu Aba, and that is what Weakling Junior seems to be doing right now, being a good Doggie …

#china #philippines #united states us #malaysia #sabah #anwar ibrahim #taiwan #itu aba #public relations pr #trust ratings #approval ratings #gross domestic product gdp #bong bong marcos bbm

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geopoliticalmatters · 10 months

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#China WTO Fisheries Subsidies #latest news #eastern eye #pr channel #WEF

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