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Sep 11, 2026
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4 min read
Crowdsourced fact-checking on Instagram covered just 3% of false posts debunked by one fact-checking website
Sep 10, 2026
Plus: fake journalists on YouTube, and what X's takedown of a Chinese info op left out.
Sep 4, 2026
5 min read
Indicator’s latest audit reveals the company let a network of identifiable bad actors run thousands of ads for nonconsensual deepfake nudes
Sep 3, 2026
Plus: new tools for searching usernames and tracking satellite imagery.
Aug 28, 2026
8 min read
We tracked it back to a single scammy affiliate marketing operation
Aug 26, 2026
Plus: fact-checking the midterms and tracking Russian flights in Africa.
Aug 21, 2026
7 min read
Fake trades, fake websites, and inauthentic amplification
Aug 19, 2026
2 min read
Plus: Spotify's new AI labels, and how to locate hidden security cameras.
Aug 14, 2026
6 min read
We found detectors for six out of thirteen companies, and fooled all but one
Aug 12, 2026
Plus: A new free global company lookup tool and doing OSINT on online marketplaces.
Aug 7, 2026
Indicator’s no-code and product-agnostic guide to probing for harmful stuff
Aug 5, 2026
15 min read
Plus: Tools for tracking foreign interference and LinkedIn launches "AI slop" button
Jul 31, 2026
9 min read
Plus: free guides to OPSEC and investigating crypto, and a tool that can search across +200 archives.
Jul 24, 2026
Passport bro content objectifying Latvian women has taken over video and search platforms
Jul 22, 2026
3 min read
Plus: A breakdown of 150 OSINT tools, and a free dashboard for analyzing Polymarket.
Jul 17, 2026
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
Plus: Tools for genealogy research, Facebook profile analysis, image metadata analysis, and more.
Jul 3, 2026
Plus: search the Chinese web like a pro, and tools for YouTube and emails.
Jun 26, 2026
Google served more than 1,500 ads for 20 sites that charge two to seven times the official ticket price
Jun 24, 2026
Plus: using AI agents for investigations and OSINT techniques for Telegram.
Jun 19, 2026
We talked with Omer Benjakob about getting the bad guys to share their capabilities and how he uses AI to structure his reporting and research
Jun 17, 2026
Plus: Venmo OSINT, a tool to calculate the height of a building, and Polymarket payola.
Jun 12, 2026
If you get your bot to rhyme / Pangram will misclassify it many a time
Jun 11, 2026
Plus: Google's document analysis tool goes public, and the wrong way to train LLMs for debunking.
Jun 5, 2026
