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Oct 16, 2026
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9 min read
Plus: A new image analysis tool and a list of companies selling AI training data.
Show & Tell
+3
Sep 17, 2026
2 min read
Using AI to investigate Musk’s AI encyclopedia
Reporting
+5
Sep 10, 2026
4 min read
Crowdsourced fact-checking on Instagram covered just 3% of false posts debunked by one fact-checking website
Fact-checking
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May 26, 2026
13 min read
The crowdsourced moderation project faces a choice between scale and legitimacy
Apr 14, 2026
10 min read
This group of X accounts tried to keep Tory tweets fact check-free
Intelligence
Mar 11, 2026
8 min read
Our new Grok-is-this-True tracker is a portal into viral misinformation
Community Notes
+1
Feb 13, 2026
Plus: Tools for counting crowd size and generating Google Dorks.
Jan 28, 2026
12 min read
Grok, Community Notes, and seeking truth on X
Dec 22, 2025
A case study on crowdsourced fact-checking during breaking news events
AI slop
Dec 17, 2025
26 min read
And some more serious findings – including a great reading list – from our survey of 53 experts
Dec 1, 2025
Why are Japan’s amateur fact-checkers doing better on X?
Nov 18, 2025
But synthetic contributors aren’t replacing humans – yet
Oct 9, 2025
A new working paper looks at the durability of Community Notes
Sep 19, 2025
Plus: Tools for archiving YouTube videos, identifying manhole covers, and scanning scam infrastructure
Aug 6, 2025
3 min read
Most of them were useless
OSINT
Jul 4, 2025
Plus: Academics try fighting AI peer reviews with hidden prompts, SCOTUS refuses to review case against fact-checkers, and a tool that lets you search X without being logged in.
Jun 20, 2025
14 min read
Your must reads and must tries on the digital deception beat this week
Content moderation
Jun 17, 2025
Zuckerberg's pivot to crowdsourcing features three jacked dudes, a flirty farmer, and some useful notes
May 30, 2025
May 26, 2025
I thought someone was gaming X’s crowdsourced moderation; instead, they appear to be helping clean up the platform’s mess for free.
Apr 9, 2025
11 min read
A preprint finds X's Community Notes disproportionately label Republican posts; Rome's chatbot resists my jailbreaks; and Barron Trudeau is trending
Feb 26, 2025
15 min read
Musk says Community Notes are "being gamed"; AI slop is the lure for a scam operation; and TikTok videos kill Pope Francis.
Feb 19, 2025
19 min read
The EU's code of conduct on disinformation is integrated into the Digital Services Act. Plus: Community Notes users ❤️ fact-checkers
Jan 13, 2025
16 min read
What we seek when we turn to crowd-driven fact-checking
Nov 13, 2024
Plus: Instagram ads flog deceptive AI influencer get-rich schemes, and bots target Ghana's election
