Fact-checking

8 AI bots now write 50% of X’s Community Notes

The crowdsourced moderation project faces a choice between scale and legitimacy

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

Grok, Community Notes, and seeking truth on X

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

It also identified weaknesses in Meta's fact-checking program, which faces an uncertain future outside the US

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

A case study on crowdsourced fact-checking during breaking news events

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

Community Notes: Big in Japan

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

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

A new working paper looks at the durability of Community Notes

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

Most of them were useless

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Plus tools for searching emails, phones, and usernames