About the project

The internet deserves better than a hunch.

Synthetic identities are getting easier to create and harder to recognize. Our answer is not a magic detector—it is careful public-interest research.

A narrow question, answered carefully

KnowMee is a public lookup and evidence record for Instagram personas that use a synthetic or materially AI-altered identity. We collect the minimum information needed to explain a review and link readers back to public sources.

We are

Human-reviewed and source-led

Reviewers weigh evidence under a written methodology and publish uncertainty when direct confirmation is unavailable.

We are not

A people detector or harassment tool

We do not verify legal identities, guarantee account safety, encourage reporting, or publish verdicts from an image classifier alone.