Topic summary
54%26 analyzed articles/videos19,655 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Surveillance Technology results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 12,505 hits. Analysis detected 80,330 faulty-reasoning hits from 105,908 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 8% (15,040 of 16,236 topics). This Surveillance Technology is better (less manipulative) than 92.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751007.4% percentile
1.5% BS Score26 analyzed articles105.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.8%11.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Instagram Is Starting to Crack Down on Creepy Smart Glasses Videos55%
Lifehacker63%By Stephen Johnson55%7/24/2026, 9:00:00 PM
Haley Stevens’s Palantir Consultant Scandal Draws Attention to Her Record on ICE81%
Truthout75%By Sharon Zhang80%7/24/2026, 6:50:30 PM
For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark23%
WIRED16%By Noah Shachtman13%7/23/2026, 6:18:46 PM
Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips90%
404 Media49%By Joseph Cox67%7/23/2026, 1:55:45 PM
I Reported on Flock’s Cameras. Now I’m One of the System’s Mistakes2%
The Drive35%By Joel Feder4%7/22/2026, 5:38:14 PM
In Minneapolis’ search for crime deterrents, drones fly into a wall26%
MinnPost19%By Trevor Mitchell13%7/22/2026, 3:18:33 PM
Flock ‘Objects to Our Removing Their Equipment’: Emails Reveal Why a Town Put Bags Over Its Flock Cameras65%
404 Media49%By Jason Koebler44%7/22/2026, 2:03:02 PM
Trump administration to spend $1 billion on new border surveillance system12%
Mashable68%7/21/2026, 10:52:45 PM
Will Costa Mesa Ditch License Plate Surveillance Cameras After Cop Stalking Scandal?50%
Voice of OC78%By Angelina Hicks52%7/21/2026, 12:58:00 PM
S.F. high-tech police surveillance center gets $3M gift, partly for ‘counter drone’ tech66%
Mission Local26%By Brandon Pho44%7/21/2026, 11:30:00 AM