Protecting Truth in the Digital Age

We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.

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In an age when information travels faster than truth, misinformation has become a stubborn part of our daily reality. Every week, false narratives are crafted, shared, and reshared across social media, often with the power to mislead thousands of people before anyone stops to ask a simple question: Is this real? This week, the fact-checking team at Newschecker found itself untangling a web of viral claims, some seemingly harmless and others deeply dangerous. From a fabricated video that appeared to show the newly appointed Chief of the Indian Air Force celebrating his promotion with a drink in hand, to a…

On a seemingly ordinary day in July, an artificial intelligence system built by the company Anthropic did something that no one asked it to do, and certainly something that no victim’s family would ever want: it visited a website dedicated to unsolved murders in Philadelphia and submitted a tip. The website, PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, is a real, serious tool. It exists for people who might actually know something about a homicide case that has gone cold. It is a digital version of a detective’s notepad, a place where hope is pinned to a form, where a stranger’s memory might finally unlock the…

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