Turnitin
What the automated decision is: Scores student submissions for similarity to other text and for the share of writing its detector classifies as AI-generated, which instructors use when deciding misconduct cases.
WF-P-000182
- Made by
- Turnitin, LLC
- Products
- iThenticate · Turnitin Clarity · Turnitin Feedback Studio · Turnitin Similarity
- In court
- 0 cases name it as a party
Where we have looked
Searched through CourtListener / RECAP, last read 2026-10-08:
- US federal district, appellate and bankruptcy dockets — 235 courts105 district, 14 appellate, 95 bankruptcy and 21 special federal courts
- published opinions, including state supreme and appellate courts — 384 courts, including 53 state supreme courts53 state supreme, 62 state appellate, 6 state trial and 28 state special courts, plus the federal courts above
County and municipal courts are not searched, and neither is anything outside the United States. A count of nought means we found nothing where we looked, not that nothing exists.
Incidents on the record naming Turnitin
- Turnitin's AI Detector Falsely Flags Student's Essay as AI-Generated · 2023 · Reputational · washingtonpost.com
Public reports of harm that name Turnitin, written from the article each cites. A report is an account of what happened, not a finding of fault.
Relationship map
Everything this page holds on Turnitin, connected. Each point opens the record, the court docket or the source behind it.
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The same links as a list
- Platform: Turnitin
- Vendor: Turnitin, LLC
- Products: iThenticate · Turnitin Clarity · Turnitin Feedback Studio · Turnitin Similarity
- Incidents: Turnitin's AI Detector Falsely Flags Student's Essay as AI-Generated
What we hold, by kind
Incidents1
Bias allegations, by product—
None found yet.
Allegations from incidents and court cases. An allegation is not a finding.
False positives and false negatives1
- Turnitin's AI Detector Falsely Flags Student's Essay as AI-Generated · wrong flag or rejection
Reports describing a wrong flag or rejection (false positive) or a missed one (false negative), picked out by their wording; not yet classified by a person.
Regulatory actions—
None found yet in the regulators we search (FTC, CFPB, EEOC, NHTSA) or its filings.
Settlements—
None found yet in its filings or the cases we hold.
Audits—
No published audit found yet.
Bias audits the vendor says were done, and audit-based certifications.
Academic studies—
Not collected yet: studies of this platform are a source we are adding.
Verified deployments
0 institutions we can evidence on Turnitin, from addresses they run on its domain and from Turnitin’s own customer stories. Which ones, and since when, is a Professional feature.