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LogicLens

LogicLens is a commercial reasoning-checker browser extension that flags logical fallacies, loaded language, missing context and persuasion techniques in the web pages and news people read.

Canada

Adjacent Fields, AI literacy, Fight disinformation, Foundational layers, Media, Media literacy, Prebunking and inoculation, The Tech

https://disint.ai/

Disint.ai

disint.ai - a narrative intelligence and social listening platform for YouTube.

Netherlands

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big listening, Fight disinformation, Media, Narrative tech, Network visualizations, Prebunking and inoculation

https://crankyuncle.com/

Cranky Uncle

The Cranky Uncle game uses cartoons and critical thinking to fight misinformation.

Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research, Prebunking and inoculation

Climate action, apps

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-09462-5?utm_source=indicator.media&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=briefing-ai-comes-for-fashion-and-a-tool-for-guessing-email-addresses&_bhlid=9998876ed9770d8e027abcc26b9bd612b05e13af

Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation

Our findings suggest that a short, low-cost, gamified intervention can increase resilience to vaccine misinformation.

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

2025

Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research, Prebunking and inoculation

vaccines, Good health and well-being

https://www.badvaxx.com/

Bad Vaxx

Level up your defenses! Learn to build resistance against manipulation.

Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research, Prebunking and inoculation

vaccines, Good health and well-being

https://detectfakes.kellogg.northwestern.edu/

Detect Fakes

See for yourself how accurately you can identify AI-generated images

Northwestern University, Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, USA

Deepfakes, Fight disinformation, Media, Prebunking and inoculation