Reporting and Investigations

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

Fake verdicts, fake lawyers: How AI lawslop is flooding YouTube — and fooling viewers

Craig Silverman

Feb 19, 2026

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10 min read

San Francisco's city attorney sued the operators of 22 AI nudifiers. He wants others to step up, too.

Alexios Mantzarlis

Feb 11, 2026

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15 min read

How much does a TikTok account cost?

Alexios Mantzarlis

Feb 4, 2026

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10 min read

@Grok is this true: How X’s chatbot performs as a fact-checking tool

Alexios Mantzarlis

Jan 28, 2026

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12 min read

AI-generated doctors are dispensing dubious health advice

Craig Silverman

Jan 26, 2026

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10 min read

Meta is still running thousands of ads for AI nudifiers

Alexios Mantzarlis

Jan 21, 2026

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10 min read

‘Digital desecrations’: when deepfakes are used to mock tragic deaths and what platforms should do about it

Alexios Mantzarlis

Jan 14, 2026

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13 min read

An 18-month study found that fact-checking on Facebook reduced engagement with false info

Alexios Mantzarlis

Jan 7, 2026

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11 min read

How the Crabtree conspiracy theory played out on X’s Community Notes

Alexios Mantzarlis

Dec 22, 2025

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12 min read

Reporting and Investigations

Fake verdicts, fake lawyers: How AI lawslop is flooding YouTube — and fooling viewers

San Francisco's city attorney sued the operators of 22 AI nudifiers. He wants others to step up, too.

How much does a TikTok account cost?

@Grok is this true: How X’s chatbot performs as a fact-checking tool

AI-generated doctors are dispensing dubious health advice

Meta is *still* running thousands of ads for AI nudifiers

‘Digital desecrations’: when deepfakes are used to mock tragic deaths and what platforms should do about it

An 18-month study found that fact-checking on Facebook reduced engagement with false info

How the Crabtree conspiracy theory played out on X’s Community Notes

Meta is still running thousands of ads for AI nudifiers