Content moderation

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

Jan 14, 2026

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13 min read

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

Synthetic videos of Renée Good are the latest form of technology-facilitated dehumanization

Alexios Mantzarlis

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AI Nudifiers continue to reach millions and make millions

Jul 14, 2025

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4 min read

AI Nudifiers continue to reach millions and make millions

Our exclusive analysis estimates that the nudifier economy may be worth up to $36 million a year

Alexios Mantzarlis, +1

Content moderation

Jun 17, 2025

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3 min read

A first look at Meta’s Community Notes

Zuckerberg's pivot to crowdsourcing features three jacked dudes, a flirty farmer, and some useful notes

Alexios Mantzarlis

Content moderation

Briefing: X changes its verification messaging and platforms face greater liability in Brazil

Jun 13, 2025

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13 min read

Briefing: X changes its verification messaging and platforms face greater liability in Brazil

Your must reads and must tries on the digital deception beat this week

Craig Silverman, +1

Content moderation

The top Community Notes contributor is...an antivirus startup?

May 26, 2025

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2 min read

The top Community Notes contributor is...an antivirus startup?

I thought someone was gaming X’s crowdsourced moderation; instead, they appear to be helping clean up the platform’s mess for free.

Alexios Mantzarlis

Content moderation

Turns out Community Notes are also "biased"

Apr 9, 2025

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11 min read

Turns out Community Notes are also "biased"

A preprint finds X's Community Notes disproportionately label Republican posts; Rome's chatbot resists my jailbreaks; and Barron Trudeau is trending

Alexios Mantzarlis

Content moderation

The real problem with the Take It Down Act is not free speech

Mar 12, 2025

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9 min read

The real problem with the Take It Down Act is not free speech

America's bill against deepfake nudes doesn't go after the core problem; TikTok grifters claim Obama has impeached Trump; and new research finds that state media labels don't affect perceptions of accuracy.

Alexios Mantzarlis

Content moderation

Jan 13, 2025

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16 min read

Chasing the crowd

What we seek when we turn to crowd-driven fact-checking

Alexios Mantzarlis

Content moderation

Zuck chucks fact-checkers to cosplay as Elon Musk

Jan 8, 2025

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19 min read

Zuck chucks fact-checkers to cosplay as Elon Musk

Meta terminates fact-checking program, Matryoshka migrates to BlueSky, and Spiegel identifies MrDeepFakes

Alexios Mantzarlis