Verify viral news before you share it
Follow a claim to its source, check the timeline and visual context, and keep the headline within the evidence.
THE SIGNAL / CATEGORY
News & context
Keep the evidence stronger than the headline. Learn a practical method for tracing viral claims, separating event dates from upload dates, reviewing visual context, and correcting errors clearly. These are evergreen media-literacy resources, not an automatically updating breaking-news service. Use them to investigate a conversation before deciding what to share.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Keep the context connected.
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X trends: separate the conversation from the claim
Trace a trending topic to its original source and distinguish facts, reactions, and unresolved questions.
AI trends: evaluate the workflow, not the demo
Compare AI-assisted work with a baseline and inspect quality, permissions, and the cost of human review.