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Reporting and Investigations

A collection of previous published articles based on Reporting and Investigations.

Google promised to label ads for unofficial visa providers. It’s doing a lousy job of it.

Google promised to label ads for unofficial visa providers. It’s doing a lousy job of it.

Alexios Mantzarlis

Sep 30, 2026

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4 min read

Meta says Community Notes is bigger than fact-checking. That's not the whole story

Meta says Community Notes is bigger than fact-checking. That's not the whole story

Alexios Mantzarlis

Sep 10, 2026

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4 min read

Meta ran at least 11,000 ads for AI nudifiers this year – many from easily detectable repeat offenders

Meta ran at least 11,000 ads for AI nudifiers this year – many from easily detectable repeat offenders

Alexios Mantzarlis

Sep 3, 2026

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4 min read

AI-generated Costco employees got over 100 million views on Facebook and Instagram

AI-generated Costco employees got over 100 million views on Facebook and Instagram

Alexios Mantzarlis, +1

Aug 26, 2026

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4 min read

How TikTok bots turned a cancer patient's story into engagement bait

How TikTok bots turned a cancer patient's story into engagement bait

Aug 10, 2026

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3 min read

How tabloid claims about Latvia’s “man drought” fueled a misleading social media frenzy and polluted Google results

How tabloid claims about Latvia’s “man drought” fueled a misleading social media frenzy and polluted Google results

Alexios Mantzarlis

Jul 22, 2026

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3 min read

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

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

Benjamin Shultz

Jul 13, 2026

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5 min read

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

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

Alexios Mantzarlis, +1

Jun 24, 2026

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7 min read

I got inside a North Korean hiring scam. What I found reveals a troubling shift in tactics

I got inside a North Korean hiring scam. What I found reveals a troubling shift in tactics

Craig Silverman

Jun 10, 2026

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14 min read