Jack Latham

Photobook: Jack Latham, Beggar's Honey. Mixing a parade of images artificially boosted by click farms with documentary pictures of the illicit technological infrastructure behind the scenes. collectordaily.com/jack-latham-be…

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*Evolution of click farm fraud.* 1st generation click farm fraud, fully manual labour.

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3rd generation click farm fraud involves mobile device servers, centralised and operated by one.

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These are rare images of Vietnamese "click farms" that fake likes, comments, and shares on social media. These farms operate from homes and hotels. Some use many phones with people operating them, while others use a newer method called "box farming" that uses computers to control many phones. The fake activity looks like it's from real people, so it's hard to detect. One person can control many phones, making it seem like thousands of people are online. It's both lonely and crowded. At the farms, people are in charge of different social media platforms. They post, comment, and watch videos on loop, with TikTok being the most popular platform.

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It's been pretty wild to see how people are now using my images to support speculations about voting fraud.

@JackLatham The story on click farms in Vietnam is now in CNN en Español cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/03/11/fot…

Fotógrafo se adentra en las oscuras "granjas de clics" de Vietnam cnn.it/4ckODfA

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Today I wanted to share something a lot of non-tech people don't understand. This is a click and follower farm. This one in particular is in Vietnam and as ugly as it looks, it has more tech and money invested than some start-ups in Silicon Valley. It only takes one person to control large amounts of phones and do the work of hundreds or even thousands. It’s solitary and crowded at the same time. BTW, Tik Tok is one of the most popular platforms for farms like this one.

Interior of a Click Farm, 2023

Click farms have 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 edition.cnn.com/style/vietnam-…

The click farms in Hanoi that Jack Latham documented operated from residential properties and hotels. They hire low-paid workers to cultivate likes, comments and shares for businesses and individuals globally edition.cnn.com/style/vietnam-…

A British photographer spent a month in Hanoi, documenting shadowy enterprises that help clients artificially boost online traffic and social media engagement in the hope of manipulating algorithms and user perceptions. It's called "click farms" edition.cnn.com/style/vietnam-…

For @CNNStyle, I spoke with British photographer Jack Latham on Vietnam's click farms, which he says are "like Silicon Valley startups." Thanks to @oscarholland for commissioning + editing this story. cnn.com/style/vietnam-…

“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.” I spoke to @JackLatham about click farms and algorithms cnn.com/style/vietnam-…

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Beggar's Honey is featured on @CNN today. Read the full story here: edition.cnn.com/style/vietnam-… @herepress @ImagesVevey