Is It a PSYOP? Media Literacy

Slow down before you share. Check claims, ads, and viral stories against 20 influence signals, then see what the evidence actually supports. No account. Local-only.

Every day you're hit with viral claims, breaking stories, miracle products, and limited-time offers — all engineered to make you feel before you think. Is It a PSYOP? helps you slow down and look at the pattern before you believe, buy, or share.

This is not a lie detector. The app never tells you something is true, false, a scam, or a real psyop. Instead, it walks you through the same questions professional skeptics ask, and turns your own answers into a clear 0–100 pattern score.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Paste it. Add the claim, story, or ad you want to examine.
2. Rate it. Work through up to 20 influence signals — answer No, Some, or Strong, and note your evidence.
3. Read it. Get a readout showing which pressure patterns are present and how much you've actually verified.

WHAT YOU CAN CHECK • Story Check — viral claims, rumours, announcements, and social posts • Ad/Product Check — sales pages, marketplace listings, and hype offers

THE SIGNALS Timing, Urgency, Tribe, Authority, Benefit, Echo, Emotion, Context, Receipts, and more. Each signal explains what it means, why it matters, and what a real example of the pattern looks like.

BUILT TO KEEP YOU HONEST • Evidence coverage meter — see how much you've checked vs. assumed • Reality checks — "What would prove this wrong?" • Every score is labelled an educational pattern read, never a verdict

LEARN THE DIFFERENCE Built-in case files explain what a PSYOP actually is, what a conspiracy theory actually is, and why they're not the same thing — with documented historical examples so you can tell influence patterns from noise.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% local — nothing you paste ever leaves your device • No account, no login, no feed, no tracking • No AI verification — you do the thinking; the app does the structure

Save your checks, reopen them later, and export a report of your reasoning to keep or share.

The goal isn't paranoia. It's calibration. Check the pattern — before it checks you.