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This week on Indicator
Craig showed how to use free bookmarklets to find hidden data for online profiles and speed up your OSINT workflow. He also shared the video, transcript, and slides from our recent members-only workshop, which showed how to use tools to connect websites together.
Alexios reviewed TikTok’s new community moderation feature “Footnotes,” concluding that “it appears to be an axiom of crowdsourced moderation programs that a significant majority of the contributed notes are not going to be useful.” On Monday, Alexios’ prior reporting on Meta’s Community Notes was quoted on The Washington Post.
This week we also published an “impact” page where we keep track of the quantifiable results of our reporting. Check it out!