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Blackmail and the Contract Cheating Industry

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A university launched a sting operation to test contract cheaters. The post Blackmail and the Contract Cheating Industry appeared first on Plagiarism Today. They got was a lesson in blackmail and the dangers of the industry.

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The Growth of AI in Plagiarism Detection

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Earlier today, the Israeli-based plagiarism detection service Copyleaks announced a new $6 million round of funding to help them further develop their product. Simply put, plagiarism detection is changing, with multiple groups seeking to make it smarter and useful in a larger number of cases. The Need for Smart Plagiarism Detection.

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Plagiarism as a Social Norm

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Why is it acceptable for Carolyn Keene to be a pseudonym for over a dozen authors penning Nancy Drew stories, but not ok for Cristiane Serruya to use ghostwriters when producing books with her name (outside the fact the books were plagiarized from other sources). The answer is that plagiarism is complicated. A New Framework.

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Plagiarism and Academic Integrity in the 2022 School Year

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1: New Tools to Detect Contract Cheating. In many ways, the fight to detect plagiarism has shifted drastically over the past decade. Services such as Turnitin and Unicheck have made it much more difficult to get away with copy and paste plagiarism. As such, expect to see rapid growth for tools to address this issue.

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5 Things Students Need to Know About Plagiarism in 2022

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1 As we discussed earlier this month , the 2022 school year is shaping up to be a very interesting one when it comes to plagiarism and other issues of academic integrity. In short, the landscape of academic plagiarism is changing and students are caught in the middle of those shifts. 2: Avoid Free Plagiarism Checkers.

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Pennsylvania Superintendent Admits to Commencement Plagiarism

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In a story that is becoming all-too-familiar, another school superintendent’s career may be in jeopardy following plagiarism in a commencement speech. The discussions are focusing not just on the plagiarism, but on his annual performance evaluation. ” However, Strine is far from alone in being in this position. Bottom Line.

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Why it is Never the Right Time to Tackle Plagiarism

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Yesterday, Alice Nuttall published a piece on Book Riot that asks a simple question: Why is publishing plagiarism still possible? Likewise, authors may be hesitant to submit their work for a check, but if such a check were a requirement of their contracts, there wouldn’t be much choice. It’s a simple enough question.