Customers and Collaborators
Information Tracer gathers data from X(Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Bluesky, Weibo, and more.
The software can visualize and analyze narrative spread from "30,000 feet" (global trend) to "3 feet" (individual behavior) -- allowing a user to easily zoom in and out.
We fight the good fight. For example, we collaborated with Tortoise Media to investigate cyberbullying against actress Amber Heard.
Using Information Tracer, we discovered large scale pro-Johnny Depp influence operations. Our work is featured on Podcast Who Trolled Amber.
To separate noise from truth, our proprietary algorithms provide more than 40 metrics and indicators of suspicious behaviors -- from language pattern to posting time to geo-location and sentiment. For more detail, check our work on Detecting Anti-Ukraine Bots On X.
"This tool not only aids in countering false narratives but also supports the fundamental principles of ethical journalism in the digital age, making it a critical asset for Rolli's mission to empower journalists with the resources and research of a state-of-the-art newsroom."
Nick Toso
Founder of Rolli, former CNN Español Washington DC Bureau Chief
"Information Tracer is the combination of understanding how the narrative and misinformation move from one platform to another and how it spreads. It's complex because the dynamics are very different."
Dr. Alejandro Martin del Campo
Director, Digital Humanities Department, Tecnológico de Monterrey
"As an investigative journalist, I found Information Tracer to be an invaluable tool in identifying misinformation campaigns. I used it extensively in a recent multi-part podcast about the use of social media during the Johnny Depp / Amber Heard trial, called Who Trolled Amber. The tool is easy to use and is more comprehensive than anything else I've seen."
Alexi Mostrous
Head of Investigations @Tortoise, 3x Press Awards winner
We won the Future Technology Award at the 2023 Next Challenge for Media and Journalism. The Award is given to "tech finalist advancing the public interest".
We won 1st place at 2022 Twitter Developer Challenge, "Conversation safety tools" Category. The total number of participant for the Challenge is 1623.
Delivered workshops to 2023 World Press Institute Fellows, media executives, and Deutsche Welle Akademie.
Presented research at DEFCON 2022, the largest hacking conference in the world, with a number of participant above 35000.
