For some reason there doesn't seem to be much of a line at the Wieliczka Salt Mine for the Russian-language tour...
#Poland #vacation
@mschenk.bsky.social
Fact checker. Co-founder of leadstories.com.
For some reason there doesn't seem to be much of a line at the Wieliczka Salt Mine for the Russian-language tour...
#Poland #vacation
Meta fired its fact-checkers, citing concerns of liberal bias, and replaced them with a version of X's "Community Notes." How's that going?
Well, my coworker @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social proposed 65 fact-checks debunking false posts... and only 3 got approved. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Stories from @leadstories.com: Now also via Yahoo! News...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Elements in the image do not match the description in the WSJ, such as the location of the text relative to the drawing and missing elements in the text. The WSJ also didn't mention any Trump Organization letterhead, which would be odd to omit.
leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: Trump Organization Epstein Letter Image Does NOT Match Description In Wall Street Journal -- Several Differences
21.07.2025 09:30 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Curious about the case of missing hikers "Sarah Bennett" and "Andrew Miller"?
* Google gives you two bogus videos, a summary of the fake story and a link to it on Facebook above the fact check that explains it is all fake.
* Bing gives you the fact check in position one
* So does DuckDuckGo
Woah! Main stage on fire at Tomorrowland festival in Belgium.
Festival hadn't started yet, luckily.
I love AI slop (the term, not the content itself) but it contains multitudes. In my latest for @indicator.media, I propose a taxonomy that differentiates it by form and purpose. Feedback welcome from slop savants!
indicator.media/p/a-tentativ...
Context:
16.07.2025 15:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This was not on my bingo card for 2025...
16.07.2025 15:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Want to buy a non-existent "$300 electric helicopter from China"?
Google's AI says you can and puts the fact check in 3rd place, below the fold.
Bing gives you the fact check in positions 1 *and* 2.
DuckDuckGo puts the fact check in position 1.
#factchecking #factcheck #Google #Bing #DuckDuckGo
Comparing Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo on a recent fake story about a "Sheriff Larry Leda":
Google: AI Overview repeating the false claim, fact check in 9th position.
Bing: Fact check in 1st position
DuckDuckGo: Fact check in 1st position
But sure, stop using ClaimReview, Google...
Fact Check: FAKE 'Sheriff Larry Leda Applying For Green Card For Mexican Rescue Team' Video Misspells Name -- No Media Reports
13.07.2025 09:10 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0"SmartWheel, now with AI built-in!"
12.07.2025 14:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Benieuwd! En succes!
10.07.2025 13:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It appears the other site is blocking all searches for posts with the latest links containing domain names...
08.07.2025 15:57 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Not with a bang but with a whimper, another case against moderating misinformation collapses
www.politifact.com/article/2025...
Great to hear that WHAT TO FIX's latest investigation into Meta's revenue redistribution programs is drawing some scrutiny from the European Commission.
We have a LOT of questions.
Unsurprisingly though, Meta isn't volunteering answers π
Read Euractiv's piece: lnkd.in/g5S5pNzM
Watching a very interesting @riovictoire.bsky.social webinar about this:
www.whattofix.tech/publications...
when trying on a suit, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG oldhollywoodmusicals
Happy 37M users on Bluesky day to those who celebrate!
02.07.2025 13:50 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dat is wat ze willen dat je denkt ;-)
27.06.2025 12:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Community Notes on X are facing a hard time scaling. What started as a promising tool to crowdsource fact-checking is now getting slower, with fewer active contributors. Itβs even harder when powerful accounts like Elon Muskβs are rarely tagged with visible notes.
#GlobalFact12 in #Brasil
Our verification plugin v0.86 (@InVID_EU @WeVerify @vera-ai.bsky.social) is published!
It is now available in PortuguΓͺs (do Brasil) and Hungarian!
It includes UI improvements on archiving and deepfake detection (face swapping).
#globalfact12
Very good summary of the opening session.
#GlobalFact #GlobalFact12
www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
Staight from #GlobalFact12
www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
#globalfact #factchecking
Such cool Friend Sponsors! #GlobalFact12 #GlobalFact
25.06.2025 15:10 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Ready for #GlobalFact to start...
25.06.2025 12:21 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When in Rio...
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