Fact-checking
+3
Dec 1, 2025
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10 min read
Why are Japan’s amateur fact-checkers doing better on X?
X
+1
Nov 26, 2025
18 min read
X account location information is nuanced and tricky. Here's how to evaluate it.
Reporting
+2
Nov 18, 2025
8 min read
But synthetic contributors aren’t replacing humans – yet
Oct 24, 2025
12 min read
Plus: how to create a free, private AI setup
Oct 17, 2025
Plus: a new free OSINT bookmarklet that helps you investigate WordPress sites
Oct 9, 2025
9 min read
A new working paper looks at the durability of Community Notes
Snapchat
+4
Oct 7, 2025
2 min read
Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and X are giving billions to creators. Here's how to see who's getting paid
LinkedIn
+11
Oct 2, 2025
15 min read
We’ve collected in one place how and when major platforms label AI content
AI slop
+5
Aug 1, 2025
Plus: humans suck at spotting AI-generated images
Jul 18, 2025
7 min read
Plus: how therapy chatbots fuel delusions, and X tries to explain Grok's Nazi turn
Jul 16, 2025
3 min read
Slop is everywhere, but not all of it is the same
Content moderation
Jun 13, 2025
13 min read
Your must reads and must tries on the digital deception beat this week
May 26, 2025
I thought someone was gaming X’s crowdsourced moderation; instead, they appear to be helping clean up the platform’s mess for free.
Apr 9, 2025
11 min read
A preprint finds X's Community Notes disproportionately label Republican posts; Rome's chatbot resists my jailbreaks; and Barron Trudeau is trending
Feb 26, 2025
Musk says Community Notes are "being gamed"; AI slop is the lure for a scam operation; and TikTok videos kill Pope Francis.
Feb 19, 2025
19 min read
The EU's code of conduct on disinformation is integrated into the Digital Services Act. Plus: Community Notes users ❤️ fact-checkers
Data voids
Feb 5, 2025
Online mob assigns guilt to female pilot, Google runs ads for an antisemitic antivax Flat Earther, and Brazilian scammers reach millions on Facebook.
Jan 13, 2025
What we seek when we turn to crowd-driven fact-checking
Dec 4, 2024
16 min read
racking the Tesla Phone hoax across platforms, majorities around the world think platforms should moderate false content, and BlueSky starts banning dupes
Nov 13, 2024
Plus: Instagram ads flog deceptive AI influencer get-rich schemes, and bots target Ghana's election
Elections
Nov 6, 2024
17 min read
Plus: Dublin's hoax Halloween was an SEO success, and HeyGen let me create a false video about Valencia's floods
OSINT
Oct 3, 2024
Plus: upcoming free and paid workshops.
Apr 3, 2023
Some OSINT tools used to analyze Twitter accounts and conversations will die. It's a reminder that mindset is more important than tools
