Indicator is your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception.

We publish original reporting, in-depth investigations, and practical tutorials. Our expert research equips you with the knowledge and skills to navigate a chaotic digital landscape filled with scams, search engine and social media manipulation, disinformation, trolling, mobile app abuse, spyware, AI slop and more.
 Indicator is designed for people on the front lines of digital investigations: journalists, analysts, researchers, and trust and safety professionals—alongside everyday citizens who want to make sense of what they see online. Indicator is for people who give a s**t:


•	About our information environment 
•	About open source reporting and investigations
•	About studying and exposing digital deception and manipulation 
•	About evidence and accountability