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The Indicator Framework: How to tell what your digital evidence is actually worth

A repeatable method for weighing the indicators in an OSINT investigation and telling the genuine leads from the fakes, the dead ends, and the merely common.

Jul 20, 2026

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29 min read

Briefing: US judge rules for fact-checkers and content moderators

Plus: A breakdown of 150 OSINT tools, and a free dashboard for analyzing Polymarket.

Jul 17, 2026

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8 min read

Show & Tell: How to poison AI research agents

Researcher Hal Triedman explained how a few words on Reddit can fool an AI research agent, and shared tools for investigating Wikipedia

Jul 15, 2026

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Oktoberfest upskirting videos are being monetized on Meta, TikTok, and YouTube

Indicator found dozens of accounts run outside Germany that reached millions with potentially illegal videos

Jul 13, 2026

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No code, no budget: 7 web scrapers put to the test

Scraping no longer demands coding skills or a big budget. Here's how seven options held up across three real-world tests.

Jul 7, 2026

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10 min read

Briefing: X tries to undo its monetization mess

Plus: Tools for genealogy research, Facebook profile analysis, image metadata analysis, and more.

Jul 3, 2026

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6 min read

Workshop video: Using AI to investigate a North Korean hiring scam

Plus: how to connect an LLM to Obsidian for investigative work

Jun 29, 2026

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Briefing: UK plots platform mandate for ‘trustworthy’ news (good luck defining it)

Plus: search the Chinese web like a pro, and tools for YouTube and emails.

Jun 26, 2026

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4 min read

Ticket traps: Lookalike sites use Google Ads to fleece tourists at the Alhambra, Colosseum, and Louvre

Google served more than 1,500 ads for 20 sites that charge two to seven times the official ticket price

Jun 24, 2026

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