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Briefing: Meta's multi-billion dollar scam ad business

Briefing: Meta's multi-billion dollar scam ad business

Plus: Fox News falls for racist AI slop, and a tool for investigating Discord servers.

Nov 7, 2025

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14 min read

Scam ads are flooding social media. These former Meta staffers have a plan

Scam ads are flooding social media. These former Meta staffers have a plan

Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to add transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.

Nov 6, 2025

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10 min read

Workshop video: Tips for using digital ad libraries in investigations

Workshop video: Tips for using digital ad libraries in investigations

Follow the money, track narratives, research ads

Nov 5, 2025

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2 min read

Taking an AI nudifier to court: A conversation with the lawyer suing ClothOff

Taking an AI nudifier to court: A conversation with the lawyer suing ClothOff

“They shouldn't be out there. They shouldn't be operating," said Shane Vogt, the lawyer for a teenage plaintiff

Nov 3, 2025

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17 min read

Briefing: Grokipedia applies a right-wing filter to Wikipedia

Briefing: Grokipedia applies a right-wing filter to Wikipedia

Plus: an easy way to search for objects within a video and a new web reconnaissance tool

Oct 31, 2025

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12 min read

TikTok sympathy scams use racial slurs and insults to sell products

TikTok sympathy scams use racial slurs and insults to sell products

TikTok removed close to 200 accounts after Indicator reached out

Oct 30, 2025

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8 min read

Rage-baiting YouTube videos falsely claim to expose police for arresting FBI agents

Rage-baiting YouTube videos falsely claim to expose police for arresting FBI agents

Indicator identified 55 false or misleading cop comeuppance that generated hundreds of millions of views. In response, YouTube removed 13 channels

Oct 27, 2025

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8 min read

Briefing: People are posting fake images of an X feature that hasn't launched yet

Briefing: People are posting fake images of an X feature that hasn't launched yet

Plus: how to create a free, private AI setup

Oct 24, 2025

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12 min read

Tech platforms promised to label AI content. They're not delivering.

Tech platforms promised to label AI content. They're not delivering.

An Indicator audit of hundreds of synthetic images and videos reveals that platforms frequently fail to label AI content

Oct 23, 2025

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22 min read

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