Question 1

Is BSmeter a Maldita.es alternative?

Accepted Answer

Not really — and it would be dishonest to pitch it that way. Maldita.es is an accredited non-profit newsroom where journalists investigate claims and put their names on the verdict; BSmeter is an automated tool that scores claims from a video against web sources. If you want a verified answer you can cite, Maldita is the better source and BSmeter is not a substitute for it. BSmeter is the alternative when no fact-check exists yet for the video in front of you, which is most videos, most of the time.

Question 2

Maldita.es already has a WhatsApp chatbot. Why would I use BSmeter?

Accepted Answer

Because they answer different questions. Maldita's chatbot matches what you send against fact-checks the newsroom has published — brilliant for a viral WhatsApp forward, but it can only answer once a journalist has done the work. BSmeter doesn't search an archive; it transcribes the video and checks each claim against live web sources, so it returns something for a podcast episode posted an hour ago. Different mechanism, different failure mode.

Question 3

Does BSmeter work on Spanish-language videos?

Accepted Answer

It handles multiple languages, but be honest about the limits: BSmeter has no Spanish newsroom, no local political expertise, and no equivalent of Maldita's 3,000-expert Superpoderes network. For claims about Spanish politics, local scams, or anything where regional context decides the verdict, Maldita.es is straightforwardly the better tool and you should use it.