ABOUT TRUTH.EXE

// HOW IT WORKS & WHAT TO KNOW

// THE IDEA

Misinformation isn't always obvious. Most of it looks totally fine at first glance — it has a headline, maybe a quote, maybe some numbers. The problem is what's missing: who actually said that, where that number came from, what the story conveniently left out.

TRUTH.EXE was built to slow that process down. Paste something in, and instead of a gut reaction, you get a structured breakdown of what holds up and what doesn't.

// WHAT WE LOOK AT

Every piece of text gets put through six checks:

ORIGIN
Does this read like something a real person wrote, or does it feel like it was produced in bulk? We look at how the language is structured, how specific the details are, and whether there's any real voice behind it.
CREDIBILITY
Are the claims actually backed up? We go through what's stated as fact and score how much of it can be traced back to a real, named source.
RED FLAGS
We pull out the specific lines that don't add up — vague quotes, missing dates, convenient omissions — and explain exactly why each one is a problem.
MANIPULATION
Is the piece trying to inform you or trying to make you angry? We name the specific techniques being used, like fear-baiting, false urgency, or cherry-picked stats.
BIAS
We map where the piece sits politically and how emotionally charged it is — not to dismiss it, but so you know what lens it's written through.
WHAT TO VERIFY
We finish with a plain-English guide: here's what's missing from this story, here are the questions worth asking, here's where to look.
// THE VERDICTS
SYNTHETICThe text shows strong signs of being mass-produced rather than written by a real person with a point of view.
LIKELY FAKEMultiple things don't check out. The sourcing is weak, the claims are shaky, and there's no good reason to trust it.
SUSPICIOUSNot an outright fake, but there are real gaps. Treat it as a starting point, not a conclusion.
CREDIBLEThe sourcing is solid and the claims hold up. Still worth reading critically, but this one passes the basic test.
// BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF

TRUTH.EXE is a tool, not a referee. It can miss things, get things wrong, and it only knows about events up to a certain date. A "credible" verdict doesn't mean something is definitely true — it means it passed our checks. Always go and look at the primary source yourself before you decide what to believe or share.

// YOUR DATA

We don't store what you paste. No account needed, no tracking. If you share a result, the data lives in the URL — there's no database behind it.