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Fake news? Satire? Opinion? With AI in the mix, it's hard to tell what's real anymore. Share any post to What the Fact and get a clear analysis in seconds: the claim, the source, and the media, all checked.
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Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
The photo is real — but it's from 2019. No flooding was reported this morning.
- ✕No coverage of flooding today across 6 vetted outlets
- !The account posts every few minutes in an engagement-bait pattern
- ✓The photo is genuine — first published March 2019
Most of us are no longer sure what's real online.
✓ 58% of people worldwide worry about what's real and fake in online news1
The feed is where we get our news now — but anything can be published there, everything looks equally credible, and checking takes longer than sharing. So false things travel. Not because people are gullible, but because verification is slow and the burden falls on you.
It goes wrong in more ways than you'd think. Three of the most common:
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
2019 PHOTOReal photos, rewritten stories
A genuine image gets captioned with something that never happened. The picture checks out. The claim around it doesn't.
BREAKING: Local hospital “quietly evacuating patients” — share before this gets taken down 🚨
- Account created3 days ago
- Posts today412
- Posting patternAutomated
- Followers you knowNone
Sources that aren't what they seem
A “local news desk” that's three days old, posts every two minutes, and exists to farm outrage. The story spreads before anyone asks who's telling it.
Whale leaps clear over a cargo ship off Cape Cod 😳🐋
AI-GENERATEDAI images that look completely real
Photorealistic fakes now take minutes to make and cost nothing. A convincing video no longer means it happened.
And that's before satire, parody, opinion and honest error — plenty online isn't a lie, but still isn't news. In one major study, content that was misleading without being outright false did 46 times more damage than flagged misinformation5. What the Fact tells those apart too, instead of forcing everything into “true” or “false”.
From “wait, is this real?” to a clear answer.
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
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Three checks, one answer
Cross-checked against 6+ vetted outlets. No flooding reported this morning.
Profiled for age, posting pattern and automation. Engagement-bait behaviour.
Fingerprinted and screened for AI. Genuine — first published March 2019.
The photo is real — but it's from 2019.
- ✕No flooding reported today by 6 outlets
- !Account flagged as engagement bait
- ✓Photo genuine — first seen March 2019
A post lands in your feed, and it feels true.
It's urgent. It's everywhere. Thousands of people are already sharing it. This is exactly the moment misinformation is built for — when checking feels slower than believing.
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
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Checking…
Three checks, one answer
Cross-checked against 6+ vetted outlets. No flooding reported this morning.
Profiled for age, posting pattern and automation. Engagement-bait behaviour.
Fingerprinted and screened for AI. Genuine — first published March 2019.
The photo is real — but it's from 2019.
- ✕No flooding reported today by 6 outlets
- !Account flagged as engagement bait
- ✓Photo genuine — first seen March 2019
Instead of passing it on, share it to What the Fact.
Straight from the share sheet on any platform — X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube — or paste a link. A screenshot works when there's no link.
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
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Checking…
Three checks, one answer
Cross-checked against 6+ vetted outlets. No flooding reported this morning.
Profiled for age, posting pattern and automation. Engagement-bait behaviour.
Fingerprinted and screened for AI. Genuine — first published March 2019.
The photo is real — but it's from 2019.
- ✕No flooding reported today by 6 outlets
- !Account flagged as engagement bait
- ✓Photo genuine — first seen March 2019
Three checks run at once.
The claim is cross-checked against 6+ independent, vetted outlets and existing fact-checks. The account is profiled for its age, posting pattern and automation signals. The media is fingerprinted and screened for AI generation and manipulation.
Not one algorithm's opinion — three separate lines of evidence.
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
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Checking…
Three checks, one answer
Cross-checked against 6+ vetted outlets. No flooding reported this morning.
Profiled for age, posting pattern and automation. Engagement-bait behaviour.
Fingerprinted and screened for AI. Genuine — first published March 2019.
The photo is real — but it's from 2019.
- ✕No flooding reported today by 6 outlets
- !Account flagged as engagement bait
- ✓Photo genuine — first seen March 2019
One clear answer, with the receipts.
What it found, how confident it is, and every source behind it. When the evidence is genuinely mixed, it says Unverified — a signal to wait, not to trust or dismiss. Save it for later, or send the full breakdown back to the group chat it came from.
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
Downtown flooded THIS MORNING and the city says nothing
Share to…
Checking…
Three checks, one answer
Cross-checked against 6+ vetted outlets. No flooding reported this morning.
Profiled for age, posting pattern and automation. Engagement-bait behaviour.
Fingerprinted and screened for AI. Genuine — first published March 2019.
The photo is real — but it's from 2019.
- ✕No flooding reported today by 6 outlets
- !Account flagged as engagement bait
- ✓Photo genuine — first seen March 2019
Real sources
Every claim is cross-checked against 6+ independent outlets and existing fact-checks, not one algorithm's opinion.
Checks who posted it
The account behind the post is profiled: its history, its posting patterns, and whether it's automated.
Catches AI fakes
Built-in detection spots AI-generated and manipulated photos and video that a human eye would miss.
Saved for later
Every analysis stays in your history, ready the next time the topic comes up.
Share the findings
Send the full breakdown back to the group chat it came from, receipts included.
Questions, answered.
Everything you'd want to know before you download.
How much does it cost?+
What the Fact is free to download and start checking. Any premium options will always leave a meaningful free tier. The goal is to make fact-checking accessible, not gated.
Which platforms can I check?+
Share or paste a link from X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube — straight from the share sheet. You can also check a post you've screenshotted when a link isn't available.
Is my data private?+
We analyze the public post you share, not your accounts or your contacts. Your verification history is yours, saved so you can revisit past checks.
What sources do you check against?+
Every claim is weighed against 6+ independent, pre-vetted outlets and existing fact-checks. An outlet only counts toward the analysis after we've evaluated its history: how long it's been publishing, how often it posts, and what it actually publishes. Every analysis links to the sources it used.
How does the analysis actually work?+
Three checks run on every post: the claim is cross-checked against vetted coverage; the posting account is profiled for its age, posting pattern, and automation signals; and the media is fingerprinted and run through synthetic-media detection models that flag AI generation and manipulation. The three signals combine into one clear answer with a confidence score.
How accurate is the analysis?+
Every analysis comes with a confidence score and a full signal breakdown, and links to the sources behind it. When the evidence is genuinely mixed, we mark a post Unverified rather than guessing.
What does 'Unverified' mean?+
It means the claim can't be confirmed or debunked with confidence right now, often because sources disagree or the story is still developing. It's a signal to wait, not to trust or dismiss.
Can it detect deepfakes and AI-generated media?+
Yes. Media is run through synthetic-media detection models that flag AI-generated images and video, edits, and manipulations. It's a core part of every check.
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