Intelligence

I analyzed 38 "situation monitoring" dashboards. Here are the ones worth using (and what many get wrong)

Apr 7, 2026

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15 min read

I analyzed 38 "situation monitoring" dashboards. Here are the ones worth using (and what many get wrong)

Plus options to customize your own

Craig Silverman

OSINT

Show & Tell: How Bellingcat's Kolina Koltai unmasked some of the worst people on the internet

Apr 2, 2026

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3 min read

Show & Tell: How Bellingcat's Kolina Koltai unmasked some of the worst people on the internet

We talked about her work exposing the networks behind non-consensual deepfake pornography

Craig Silverman, +2

AI labeling is still very much a work in progress

Mar 18, 2026

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14 min read

AI labeling is still very much a work in progress

Indicator’s latest audit of three generators and five social media platforms revealed multiple gaps

Alexios Mantzarlis

Intelligence

Mar 11, 2026

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8 min read

Who gets Grokked the most?

Our new Grok-is-this-True tracker is a portal into viral misinformation

Alexios Mantzarlis

Show & Tell

Mar 2, 2026

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3 min read

Show & Tell: Learn how Spanish investigators exposed digital deception on Meta and TikTok

We talked about investigating scams, CSAM, and more with Clara Jiménez Cruz of Maldita.es

Craig Silverman, +1

Intelligence

“Crying girls will make you rich”: How marketers trick users with mass-produced "organic" content

Feb 10, 2026

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24 min read

“Crying girls will make you rich”: How marketers trick users with mass-produced "organic" content

Indicator analyzed UGC campaigns that generated over 2 billion TikTok views and found rampant violations of disclosure rules.

Craig Silverman

Intelligence

Feb 4, 2026

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10 min read

How much does a TikTok account cost?

In one prolific WhatsApp group, anywhere between 95¢ and $235

Alexios Mantzarlis

Fact-checking

Jan 28, 2026

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12 min read

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

Grok, Community Notes, and seeking truth on X

Alexios Mantzarlis

Year end

Dec 9, 2025

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30 min read

2025: The year tech embraced fakeness

This year, powerful people, companies, and institutions welcomed digital deception like never before. The rest of us faced the consequences.

Craig Silverman, +1

Reporting

An AI bot is now the top contributor to Community Notes on X

Nov 18, 2025

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8 min read

Catholic page uses Google to spread unlabeled AI slop on Meta, Deepfake image detectors flop basic test, and Kent Walker thinks crowd-checking on YouTube shows potential

Alexios Mantzarlis