Bot Amplification: The Signals of a Coordinated Network Push
Networks of automated accounts amplify posts with clockwork timing and near-identical wording — and the traces are visible without any special tools.
Social
Ranking changes, moderation calls and feature rollouts explained by what they do to your feed and to the people posting into it for a living.
Community Notes: How the Crowd-Sourced Fact-Check Actually Works
X's Community Notes lets volunteer raters from opposing viewpoints approve context notes — a method with real strengths and known blind spots.
State Media and Manipulated Media Labels: What Platform Tags Actually Mean
Platform labels describe ownership and editing history, not truth or falsehood — and readers often overread them in both directions.