THE THING ABOUT IT IS.

Investigations.

Longer passes over one question. Each one lists everything it turned up.

The weekly reports take a week at a time. An investigation takes one question and stays with it for as long as the question runs, which is usually months. That changes what can be said: a single week shows you what was posted, and a long pass shows you whether a thing recurs, who carries it, and whether it moves when the news moves.

Each one lists every item it confirmed, not a selection, so the count is the count. Where a claim did not hold up it stays on the page with the reason. An investigation that quietly dropped what it could not stand behind would be an argument rather than a record.

There are 4 open at the moment, holding 52 confirmed items between them. They stay open, and new items are added to them as they appear, so a set published months ago is not finished.

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Aug 2026Cross-borderImmigration What we found

Seventeen arguments about immigration, from five countries, each one tested twice.

The catch

The same claim holds up or comes apart depending on how far you push it, and the arguing happens in that gap.

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Jul 2026Cross-borderReligion in public life What we found

Thirty-nine of the 59 confirmed items target Jewish people. Every script that reached the top severity tier targets Muslims.

The catch

The heaviest cluster of the half-year isn't a set of posts. It's a hearing, a bill, a ballot measure, and a signed law.

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Jul 2026USTechnology and AI What we found

Fifty-one checks across thirteen arguments about AI, each one tested twice.

The catch

The same words hold up or fall apart depending on how far you push them, and the arguing happens in that gap.

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Jul 2026Cross-borderThe World Cup What we found

Nine of the 33 accounts and posts we followed through the tournament crossed into hate.

The catch

All five underlying stories were in circulation before a ball was kicked.