Fake news

Reporting

101 TikTok accounts masquerading as real news spread misinformation to millions

Oct 15, 2025

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8 min read

101 TikTok accounts masquerading as real news spread misinformation to millions

Shallow impersonations of Telemundo, CNN, Fox News and other media got more than 200 million views posting fake ICE arrests and bombastic AI slop about geopolitics

Alexios Mantzarlis

OSINT

Tools and tips round up: Using favicons in investigations, analyzing GitHub repos, and an InVID update

Apr 28, 2025

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3 min read

Tools and tips round up: Using favicons in investigations, analyzing GitHub repos, and an InVID update

Plus: a LinkedIn tip

Craig Silverman

Reporting

TikTok has a Spanish-language fake news problem

Mar 26, 2025

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12 min read

TikTok has a Spanish-language fake news problem

Fake Telemundo accounts spread fake green card news; JFK archive declassification spurs conspiracy theories; and Italian savings rumors target EU rearmament plan

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

Reporting

TikTok creators masquerade as Spanish-language media to spread ID misinformation

Mar 5, 2025

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12 min read

TikTok creators masquerade as Spanish-language media to spread ID misinformation

Fake Telemundo and Univision scaremonger on TikTok. Plus: Kendall Jenner is the top of an elaborate diet pill scam

Alexios Mantzarlis