But beware: not all treasure maps online lead to gold—some lead straight to misinformation.
At Factland, we chart the seas of truth so ye don’t get scammed by digital buccaneers. 🏴☠️⚔️ #FactCheck
But beware: not all treasure maps online lead to gold—some lead straight to misinformation.
At Factland, we chart the seas of truth so ye don’t get scammed by digital buccaneers. 🏴☠️⚔️ #FactCheck
People now label real events — floods, shootings, protests — as “false flags”
Usage of that term is up 1,100% in 5 years.
It surged 350% just this spring.
This isn’t healthy skepticism. It’s a virus.
#Factland #FalseFlagWatch
People now label real events — floods, shootings, protests — as “false flags”
Usage of that term is up 1,100% in 5 years.
It surged 350% just this spring.
This isn’t healthy skepticism. It’s a virus.
#Factland #FalseFlagWatch
Bad News #8 at Factland dives into the shady world of “paper mills”—industries churning out fraudulent academic research for profit.
And the sleuths fighting back.
🧪🐍
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Bad News #8 at Factland dives into the shady world of “paper mills”—industries churning out fraudulent academic research for profit.
And the sleuths fighting back.
🧪🐍
vist.ly/32ne5
👀 Don’t get played.
Misinformation has leveled up—and so should you.
Follow @Factland for breakdowns, fact checks, and how to spot fakes in the wild.
Let’s build a smarter internet together.
#AI #MediaLiteracy #TruthMatters 6/6
👀 Don’t get played.
Misinformation has leveled up—and so should you.
Follow @Factland for breakdowns, fact checks, and how to spot fakes in the wild.
Let’s build a smarter internet together.
#AI #MediaLiteracy #TruthMatters 6/6
🛑 What can you do?
✅ Pause before you share
✅ Look for visual glitches (hands, eyes, shadows)
✅ Check reverse image/video search
✅ Use tools like TikTok’s Footnotes or Factland to verify 5/6
🛑 What can you do?
✅ Pause before you share
✅ Look for visual glitches (hands, eyes, shadows)
✅ Check reverse image/video search
✅ Use tools like TikTok’s Footnotes or Factland to verify 5/6
When major stories flip-flop from outrage to crickets, it doesn’t just confuse people — it opens the door to disinfo.
We broke it down in Bad News #7:
👉 vist.ly/329c2
#Factland #BadNews #MediaLiteracy
When major stories flip-flop from outrage to crickets, it doesn’t just confuse people — it opens the door to disinfo.
We broke it down in Bad News #7:
👉 vist.ly/329c2
#Factland #BadNews #MediaLiteracy
But experts say it can only increase rain by maybe 10%—not enough to flood a city.
Let’s stop pretending a tiny plane caused a biblical storm 🙃
#Factland #WeatherMyths #factchecking
But experts say it can only increase rain by maybe 10%—not enough to flood a city.
Let’s stop pretending a tiny plane caused a biblical storm 🙃
#Factland #WeatherMyths #factchecking
🔄 Why do narratives change? Who gets held accountable?
And what if we had a marketplace for truth?
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🔄 Why do narratives change? Who gets held accountable?
And what if we had a marketplace for truth?
🧱 Enter Factland: vist.ly/3zuai
You just learned 8 lies society taught you like they were facts.
More next week. Follow @Factland and stay weird.
🧠 #Factland #DidYouKnow #MythBusting
You just learned 8 lies society taught you like they were facts.
More next week. Follow @Factland and stay weird.
🧠 #Factland #DidYouKnow #MythBusting
That “fact” was made up just to prove how gullible people are online.
Wait… That’s not true?
Oh, we’re just getting started 👇
🧵 #Factland #StayWeird #MythBusting
That “fact” was made up just to prove how gullible people are online.
Wait… That’s not true?
Oh, we’re just getting started 👇
🧵 #Factland #StayWeird #MythBusting
📸 The Taylor Swift & Selena Gomez flood pics? AI fakes.
👧 Claim about girls rescued from a tree? Also false.
🧠 Let’s stop spreading feel-good fiction. #TexasFlood #Factland
📸 The Taylor Swift & Selena Gomez flood pics? AI fakes.
👧 Claim about girls rescued from a tree? Also false.
🧠 Let’s stop spreading feel-good fiction. #TexasFlood #Factland
🧾 But polls say otherwise:
– Fox News: 59% oppose
– Quinnipiac: 55% oppose
– Pew: 49% oppose
📉 It’s actually one of the least popular in decades.
#FactCheck #Factland
🧾 But polls say otherwise:
– Fox News: 59% oppose
– Quinnipiac: 55% oppose
– Pew: 49% oppose
📉 It’s actually one of the least popular in decades.
#FactCheck #Factland
Facts aren’t partisan.
Lies don’t age well.
And the truth? It deserves a voice.
Follow @Factland for crowdsourced fact checks and signal boosts for reality. 🧠📢
vist.ly/3n8s8d4 #FactCheck #DisinfoWatch
Facts aren’t partisan.
Lies don’t age well.
And the truth? It deserves a voice.
Follow @Factland for crowdsourced fact checks and signal boosts for reality. 🧠📢
vist.ly/3n8s8d4 #FactCheck #DisinfoWatch
The panic is loud. The data? Quiet.
Our latest post dives into how AI job-loss hysteria mirrors past media freakouts — and what’s really happening on the ground.
📖 vist.ly/3n8cuv3
#AI #MediaPanic #FutureOfWork #Factland
The panic is loud. The data? Quiet.
Our latest post dives into how AI job-loss hysteria mirrors past media freakouts — and what’s really happening on the ground.
📖 vist.ly/3n8cuv3
#AI #MediaPanic #FutureOfWork #Factland
But so are we.
Factland is where human editors + smart tools sort the truth from the noise — and we show our work.
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But so are we.
Factland is where human editors + smart tools sort the truth from the noise — and we show our work.
🔍 Weekly newsletter
🧵 Real-time fact checks
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👁🗨 Follow for more
The fight is just beginning.
Stay skeptical. Ask for receipts.
Follow @Factland for clear, source-based breakdowns.
🧵/end
The fight is just beginning.
Stay skeptical. Ask for receipts.
Follow @Factland for clear, source-based breakdowns.
🧵/end
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
They investigate it together. 🕵️♀️🧠
Because the internet doesn’t need more finger-pointing—it needs collaborative truth-seeking.
👉 https://factland.org
They investigate it together. 🕵️♀️🧠
Because the internet doesn’t need more finger-pointing—it needs collaborative truth-seeking.
👉 https://factland.org
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
So we’re back.
We’re fact-checking the news cycle’s laziest claims and loudest lies—one myth at a time.
Welcome to Bad News, a newsletter from the Factland crew.
New issue every week. No PR spin. Just facts and a bit of fire.
📩 vist.ly/3n6t82f
So we’re back.
We’re fact-checking the news cycle’s laziest claims and loudest lies—one myth at a time.
Welcome to Bad News, a newsletter from the Factland crew.
New issue every week. No PR spin. Just facts and a bit of fire.
📩 vist.ly/3n6t82f
Factland is an open-source fact-checking platform where evidence wins—not influence.
Join us: factland.org
#factchecking #opensource #mediaaccountability
Factland is an open-source fact-checking platform where evidence wins—not influence.
Join us: factland.org
#factchecking #opensource #mediaaccountability