Serbians targeted with spyware in country’s ‘largest documented wave of surveillance’

The Guardian Tech · left 1 technique found 4.2% of sentences flagged

Read the original article at The Guardian Tech →

What the model flagged

Analyzed 2026-09-05 04:01 UTC. Articles are sometimes updated after publication — if a quote below isn't in the current version, the piece has changed since.

Findings may include language the outlet is quoting rather than asserting. We flag manipulation techniques wherever they appear, including inside quotations — so check each quote against the original before drawing a conclusion about the outlet.

Loaded Language 85%

The quote uses emotionally charged words to frame the situation in a way that triggers a strong reaction rather than neutrally describing the findings — for example: 'aggressively targeted with mercenary spyware'

“aggressively targeted”
“mercenary spyware”
“peaceful pro-democracy movement”

Analyzed automatically with Semblen's fine-tuned model. These are manipulation techniques, not political tilt — and finding one is not a claim that the article is false. The model has known false positives on strong-but-legitimate language, so treat each finding as a prompt to read closely, not a verdict. How articles are chosen →

Get notified as this improves — new detection models, the browser extension, and outlet scorecards. Occasional email, no spam.