YouTube
+8
Oct 23, 2025
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22 min read
Tech platforms promised to label AI content. They're not delivering.
An Indicator audit of hundreds of synthetic images and videos reveals that platforms frequently fail to label AI content
Briefing
+2
Oct 10, 2025
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9 min read
Briefing: YouTube gives banned channels a second chance
Plus: tools for tracking sketchy ships, viewing JSON files, and more
Snapchat
+4
Oct 7, 2025
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2 min read
How to tell if a social media account is monetized
Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and X are giving billions to creators. Here's how to see who's getting paid
+11
Oct 2, 2025
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15 min read
The Indicator Guide to AI labels
We’ve collected in one place how and when major platforms label AI content
Briefing
+2
Sep 26, 2025
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12 min read
Briefing: YouTube bends the knee
Plus: Spotify rolls out anti-slop measures, and inside Russia's copycat "fact-checking" group
AI slop
+3
Aug 29, 2025
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9 min read
Briefing: AI comes for fashion and a tool for guessing email addresses
Plus: The game that helps inoculate people against vaccine misinformation
AI slop
+5
Aug 1, 2025
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9 min read
Briefing: TikTok crowdsources moderation and tools for searching YouTube and Google
Plus: humans suck at spotting AI-generated images
AI slop
+3
Jul 25, 2025
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10 min read
Briefing: A new tool for detecting AI images, the Macrons sue Candace Owens and more
Plus: AI is ushering in a global fraud crisis and new research about YouTube and ChatGPT
OSINT
+2
Jul 22, 2025
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3 min read
How repurposed YouTube channels spread misinformation and undermine platform integrity — and how to identify them
A new study identified thousands of YouTube channels that changed their name, description and content focus, typically after being sold to a new owner.
OSINT
+7
Jul 9, 2025
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1 min read
5 new (to me) OSINT tools for researching YouTube, Meta ads, and more
How to find out if a YouTube video is monetized, analyze election and social issues ads in new ways, and refine your Google queries
OSINT
+4
Jul 2, 2025
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2 min read
Workshop Video: Hunting fake online reviews and no-code scraping
Here's the video, notes, slides and transcript of our first workshop
AI slop
+2
Jun 18, 2025
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2 min read
Diddy AI slop is getting tens of millions of views on YouTube
Indicator found 26 channels spreading false claims about the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs via AI-generated thumbnails and video content
Scams
+2
Dec 11, 2024
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21 min read
YouTube takes down bogus billionaire bracelet ads
Plus: Britons pour milk down the drain, and Romanian NGOs call for more data from platforms
+5
Dec 4, 2024
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16 min read
Elon Musk is a magnet as well as a megaphone for misinformation
racking the Tesla Phone hoax across platforms, majorities around the world think platforms should moderate false content, and BlueSky starts banning dupes
