Question 1

Is BSmeter a Newtral alternative?

Accepted Answer

Honestly, no — not as a replacement. Newtral is an accredited newsroom whose journalists verify claims and stand behind published verdicts; BSmeter is an automated tool that checks whatever video you hand it. If you want a citable, human-verified fact-check on a Spanish political claim, Newtral is the right source and BSmeter is not a substitute for it. If you want the podcast you're halfway through checked in the next five minutes, Newtral was never trying to do that. They're complementary.

Question 2

Can I send Newtral a video to fact-check?

Accepted Answer

Newtral debunks viral hoaxes and monitors political statements, and it works with Meta and TikTok on their disinformation programs in Spain — but its journalists choose what to verify based on public interest, and publishing takes real reporting time. It's not an on-demand service where you submit a link and get a report back. That gap is the specific thing BSmeter is built to fill.

Question 3

Newtral already uses AI. How is BSmeter different?

Accepted Answer

Newtral has built serious AI in-house — ClaimHunter for detecting checkable claims, ClaimCheck for matching repeated ones — but those tools point inward, making its own journalists faster so more claims reach human verification. BSmeter points the pipeline at the public: the AI analysis is the product you use directly, with no journalist between you and the result. That's the tradeoff — you get speed and unlimited coverage, you give up the editor.