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Sources

What we monitor, and what we don't. Honestly.

Every source Heardsay uses is legal and API based. No scraping behind logins, no grey-area data. Here is the full list.

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What we monitor

  • Google News

    Search results from Google News RSS for each query, in the English and French editions.

  • GDELT

    The GDELT DOC 2.0 API, which indexes news outlets around the world in many languages.

  • Your own RSS feeds

    Local papers, government newsrooms, industry blogs: any RSS or Atom feed you add.

  • Reddit

    Public posts and comments through the official Reddit API.

  • Bluesky

    Public posts through the Bluesky public search API.

  • Mastodon

    Public hashtags and search on the instances you choose.

  • YouTube

    Video titles and descriptions through the YouTube Data API.

  • Hacker News

    Stories and comments through the Algolia Hacker News API.

  • Website changes

    Any public page you list, checked for meaningful text changes.

Optional, with your own key

Add these if you need them

  • X (Twitter)

    Available when an X API key is added. X charges for API access, so it is off until you choose to pay for it.

  • NewsAPI and similar

    Commercial news APIs can add more outlets. Each is disabled until a key is added.

Not covered

What we don't monitor

Some tools claim to see everything. We would rather tell you where the edges are.

  • Private Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn content

    These platforms do not offer a legal way to search posts at this price. We do not scrape them.

  • Anything behind a login

    Private groups, closed forums, paywalled article text and direct messages are off limits.

  • TV and radio broadcasts

    We do not transcribe broadcasts. Online articles from broadcasters are covered through news search.

  • Print-only publications

    If it only exists on paper, we cannot see it. Most outlets publish online too.

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