New app overlays live fact-checks on YouTube videos, as trust in media hits record lows and nearly 4 in 10 young adults get news from influencers SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crickit, a new real-time fact‑checking app for social media videos, has launched its desktop YouTube extension in open beta, initially available to holders of […]
New app overlays live fact-checks on YouTube videos, as trust in media hits record lows and nearly 4 in 10 young adults get news from influencers SAN FRANCISCO—Nov. 19, 2025—Crickit, a new real-time fact‑checking app for social media videos, has launched its desktop YouTube extension in open beta, initially available to holders of Stanford email […]
With trust in traditional news media at historic lows and the spread of online misinformation and disinformation now viewed as a significant global threat, tools that can automatically verify factual statements — and do so in a transparent, reproducible way — are increasingly important. Using a test set with known answers, or a “benchmark,” provides […]
