Maarten Schenk
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Maarten Schenk
@mschenk.bsky.social
Fact checker. Co-founder of leadstories.com.
Het mopje over factcheckpiet werd overigens ook goed onthaald in factcheck-kringen.
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Indeed interesting how none of the usual suspects are now yelling how those poor, innocent Nigerian, Bangladeshi or Pakistani "MAGA" accounts are being "censored" or "cancelled" for their political viewpoints...
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
(Adapted from my other phrase "Grandma doesn't use the blockchain" when browser plugins with cryptographically secured provenance detectors on the blockchain were being presented as the cure for fake news around 2018)
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Grote problemen bij Cloudflare, een service die overal ter wereld lokale versies opslaat van (delen van) websites om ze zo sneller te kunnen weergeven aan lokale gebruikers (en om de sites te beschermen tegen DoS aanvallen).

Wij gebruiken het met leadstories.com om de site sneller te maken.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Definitely larger than the fact checking budget...
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
After 11 months already? Welp, I guess disinformation on Instagram is officially fixed now :-)
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM