Within a large fact-check dataset, generative-AI media rose relatively recently while simple context manipulation remained the majority through November 2023.

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Claim LD10-HQ-C22 (v1.0)

Within a large fact-check dataset, generative-AI media rose relatively recently while simple context manipulation remained the majority through November 2023.

Provenance and status

Claim type: Estimate
Publication status: Eligible for publication, with qualifiers: denominator visible
Verification state: Checked against the abstract of the primary source only. Who checked this claim is not recorded for it; claim checks so far were AI-led, and no person has checked claims against their sources.
Does not license: Population prevalence or exposure
Limitations: Fact-checker-selection denominator; old endpoint
Source (as cited): Dufour et al., AMMeBa, arXiv:2405.11697
Source type: Preprint (recorded as “Preprint / dataset”)
Institutional position: Mixed research + fact-checking ecosystem
Maturity of the evidence: Emerging evidence
Recorded date: 25 September 2026
Currentness / correction: This is the current version. No correction or concern is recorded on its sources.

Sources this version cites

Dufour et al., AMMeBa, arXiv:2405.11697 (Preprint)
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All 25 canonical Claim fields, verbatim, with the coded values derived from them. The plain-language labels above are read from these.

Claim type (coded): ESTIMATE (as printed: “ESTIMATE”)
Publication status (coded): ELIGIBLE (DENOMINATOR_VISIBLE) (as printed: “ELIGIBLE WITH DENOMINATOR QUALIFIER”)
Verification state (coded): CONTENT_VERIFIED_PRIMARY (ABSTRACT_ONLY)
Source type (coded): PREPRINT
Maturity (coded): EMERGING

#	Canonical field	Canonical value (verbatim)	Normalized (Claim Value Vocabulary v1.0.2)
1	CLAIM ID	LD10-HQ-C22	—
2	PUBLIC-FACING CLAIM	Within a large fact-check dataset, generative-AI media rose relatively recently while simple context manipulation remained the majority through November 2023.	—
3	CLAIM TYPE	ESTIMATE	base_types: ESTIMATE
4	RESEARCH STRAND	D — Synthetic content & reach	—
5	MATURITY	EMERGING	states: EMERGING
6	SOURCE	Dufour et al., AMMeBa, arXiv:2405.11697	source_ids: SRC-LD10-DUFOUR-AMMEBA-ARXIV-2405-11697
7	SOURCE TYPE	Preprint / dataset	classes: PREPRINT
8	INSTITUTIONAL POSITION	Mixed research + fact-checking ecosystem	—
9	SCOPE	Public ClaimReview fact checks through Nov 2023	—
10	DESIGN	Annotated fact-check corpus	—
11	SAMPLE / DATASET	135,838 fact checks	—
12	MODEL / TOOL / VERSION	n.a.	—
13	COMPARATOR	Manipulation types over time	—
14	MAIN RESULT	GenAI content rose after heavy press attention; simple/context manipulation still majority	—
15	INFERENTIAL TARGET	Composition of fact-checked misinformation	—
16	DOES NOT LICENSE	Population prevalence or exposure	—
17	VERIFICATION STATE	CONTENT VERIFIED ABSTRACT	state: CONTENT_VERIFIED_PRIMARY · qualifiers: ABSTRACT_ONLY · verified_by: UNKNOWN
18	LIMITATIONS	Fact-checker-selection denominator; old endpoint	—
19	CONTRADICTORY / SUPPORTING SOURCES	C21 election monitoring also finds limited detected viral cases	—
20	GEOGRAPHY / LANGUAGE	Multi-country	—
21	DISTRIBUTIONAL LEDGER	NO EVIDENCE LOCATED	—
22	R01 / FIELD-MAP LINKS	D7, D4b, R-1	—
23	WHAT WOULD CHANGE THIS CLAIM?	Post-2023 exposure-weighted dataset	—
24	PUBLICATION STATUS	ELIGIBLE WITH DENOMINATOR QUALIFIER	state: ELIGIBLE · qualifiers: DENOMINATOR_VISIBLE
25	RECORDED DATE	2026-09-25	—

Field 22 references resolved against Field Map v0.2: D7 (DOMAIN); D4b (SUB_AREA); R-1 (LENS)

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Pinned Sources (field 6, version-specific)

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SocioLens project. (2026, September 25). Within a large fact-check dataset, generative-AI media rose relatively recently while simple context manipulation remained the majority through November 2023 [Claim LD10-HQ-C22, version v1.0]. SocioLens. https://sociolens-web.pages.dev/claims/ld10-hq-c22/v1.0/

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Research-of-record provenance

Materialized by sociolens-materializer 0.6.0 at 2026-09-28T20:00:00.000Z; normalization contract SocioLens — Claim Value Vocabulary v1.0.2 — Pre-Spike Materialization Contract (v1.0.2). Content seal SHA-256 abb9504b90d73a54f163314a7cf06a0423b619c64116f53ae9f0bc0f633ba26e.

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