I am a recovering fact-checker and tech worker. I care about online information quality as a fundamental prerequisite for healthy societies.
Plus: a new feature in the Meta Ad Library and a new Telegram investigation tool.
Jan 9, 2026
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16 min read
It also identified weaknesses in Meta's fact-checking program, which faces an uncertain future outside the US
Jan 7, 2026
11 min read
Plus: a new reverse image search tool, tips for cleaning up your digital footprint, and law firms discover AI slop.
Dec 31, 2025
A case study on crowdsourced fact-checking during breaking news events
Dec 22, 2025
12 min read
Plus: tools of the year and what OSINT practitioners need to know about AI videos
Dec 19, 2025
14 min read
And some more serious findings – including a great reading list – from our survey of 53 experts
Dec 17, 2025
26 min read
Just because it’s "intelligent" doesn’t mean it’s always right
Dec 15, 2025
23 min read
Plus: tools for analyzing Reddit and visualizing network graphs.
Dec 12, 2025
This year, powerful people, companies, and institutions welcomed digital deception like never before. The rest of us faced the consequences.
Dec 9, 2025
30 min read
Plus: free tools for analyzing ads and extracting links and emails, and X gets fined by the EU.
Dec 5, 2025
17 min read
Deplatforming the companies, debilitating the technology, and deterring the users
Dec 4, 2025
24 min read
Why are Japan’s amateur fact-checkers doing better on X?
Dec 1, 2025
10 min read
Plus: new and updated OSINT bookmarklets to help with your investigations.
Nov 28, 2025
8 min read
Plus: Sri Lanka's "Facebook ads king", and advanced archival OSINT
Nov 21, 2025
But synthetic contributors aren’t replacing humans – yet
Nov 18, 2025
Plus: we unlocked our paywalled Q&A with the CEO of GeoSpy, an AI-powered geolocation tool.
Nov 14, 2025
A site-wide comparison with Wikipedia sheds light on what Elon Musk is trying to do
Nov 13, 2025
Plus: Fox News falls for racist AI slop, and a tool for investigating Discord servers.
Nov 7, 2025
“They shouldn't be out there. They shouldn't be operating," said Shane Vogt, the lawyer for a teenage plaintiff
Nov 3, 2025
Plus: an easy way to search for objects within a video and a new web reconnaissance tool
Oct 31, 2025
Plus: how to create a free, private AI setup
Oct 24, 2025
An Indicator audit of hundreds of synthetic images and videos reveals that platforms frequently fail to label AI content
Oct 23, 2025
22 min read
Plus: a new free OSINT bookmarklet that helps you investigate WordPress sites
Oct 17, 2025
Shallow impersonations of Telemundo, CNN, Fox News and other media got more than 200 million views posting fake ICE arrests and bombastic AI slop about geopolitics
Oct 15, 2025
Plus: tools for tracking sketchy ships, viewing JSON files, and more
Oct 10, 2025
9 min read
