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Fact-checking

AI slop

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Elon Musk is this year’s King of Digital Deception

Dec 17, 2025

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26 min read

Elon Musk is this year’s King of Digital Deception

And some more serious findings – including a great reading list – from our survey of 53 experts

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Fact-checking

+3

Community Notes: Big in Japan

Dec 1, 2025

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10 min read

Community Notes: Big in Japan

Why are Japan’s amateur fact-checkers doing better on X?

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Fact-checking

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Community fact-checking on X survived Elon Musk. It may not survive AI.

Oct 9, 2025

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9 min read

Community fact-checking on X survived Elon Musk. It may not survive AI.

A new working paper looks at the durability of Community Notes

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Fact-checking

+3

I reviewed 100 of TikTok’s “Footnotes” so you don’t have to

Aug 6, 2025

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3 min read

I reviewed 100 of TikTok’s “Footnotes” so you don’t have to

Most of them were useless

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Fact-checking

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The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” leaves newspaper with future of column uncertain

Jul 29, 2025

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2 min read

The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” leaves newspaper with future of column uncertain

A Q&A with Glenn Kessler about his 14-year run fact-checking for the WaPo

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Username enumeration

+5

Briefing: Google kills fact-checking feature and Meta monetized sanctioned Russian entities

Jun 27, 2025

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11 min read

Briefing: Google kills fact-checking feature and Meta monetized sanctioned Russian entities

Plus, a new feature in OpenAleph, Elon fights Grok, and John Oliver on AI slop

Craig Silverman
Alexios Mantzarlis
Craig Silverman, +1

Content moderation

+4

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

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
Alexios Mantzarlis

Books

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Q&A with Bill Adair on "Beyond The Big Lie"

Oct 15, 2024

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18 min read

Q&A with Bill Adair on "Beyond The Big Lie"

Bill would like to apologize to C-SPAN caller Brian from Michigan, thinks Meta avoids fact-checking politicians out of self-interest, and is still disappointed in his former neighbor Mike Pence.

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Fact-checking

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Americans turn to Search for debate fact-checking, Meta buries its AI labels, and Australia tries to regulate misinformation (again).

Sep 18, 2024

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15 min read

Americans turn to Search for debate fact-checking, Meta buries its AI labels, and Australia tries to regulate misinformation (again).

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Fact-checking

+2

Tools and tips round up: new Google image context tool in beta

Aug 4, 2023

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2 min read

Tools and tips round up: new Google image context tool in beta

Plus tools for searching emails, phones, and usernames

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

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