Social Media Transparency
Blog
January 23, 2026Advertising Library Transparency: Comparing the US and the EU
EU advertising libraries mandate archiving, reach data, and transparency under the DSA, enabling fraud and influence detection even after ads stop running. In contrast, most US online ads disappear without trace, making large-scale manipulation effectively invisible.
December 19, 2025Key Reasons the World Needs Transparent Ad Libraries
Ad fraud thrives where ad systems lack transparency, allowing platforms to profit while users and businesses bear the harm.
December 10, 2025European Commission Fines X €120M. Let’s not Confuse Freedom of Speech with lack of Transparency
The European Commission fined X €120M for breaching basic transparency rules — from misleading “verification” to an unusable ads library and blocking researchers from accessing public data. Musk frames this as a free-speech issue, but the case shows a refusal to provide accountability, not a defense of expression.
Reports
ElectionsSeptember 25, 2025How Bot Networks Are Boosting the Far-Right on TikTok in Germany
“Industrial-Scale Manipulation”: how bot networks are hijacking TikTok in Germany to boost far-right AfD content, distorting public opinion with fake engagement and extremist hate speech.
ElectionsJanuary 22, 2025TikTok Abuse In Romania’s Cancelled Presidential Elections
On the abuse of TikTok’s algorithms and synthetic engagement systems during Romania’s now-cancelled presidential elections in 2024
FraudJanuary 21, 2025Systemic Abuse of Social Media Platforms Getting Stronger
Fraudsters have learned to systematically take advantage of social media ad systems and engagement algorithms.