Perplexity gives you sources to open, but the presence of a citation does not settle whether a sentence is right. If you are about to repeat a claim, follow the citation and check that the page actually supports it.
Start with the claims that could change a decision
Pick out exact prices, dates, quotations and statements about who qualifies. Click the citation beside each one and find the sentence or table on the page. For a recharge plan, for example, check the price, validity, circle and whether the amount is a regular recharge or an offer. A source can get one of those details right and say nothing about the others.
Check the original and its date
Prefer a carrier’s plan listing, a company’s release, a regulator’s order or the actual study when available. Compare the event date with the page’s update date. If three articles repeat the same press release, treat them as one chain of evidence for that claim. If only a snippet is available, look for an accessible primary source before calling the detail confirmed.
Give each claim a verdict
- Supported: the source says the same thing, for the same date and audience.
- Partial: the source confirms a piece of the claim; rewrite it to match what you can verify.
- Unverified: the link is broken, inaccessible, outdated or unrelated. Find better evidence or leave the claim out.
Perplexity’s Pro Search explanation describes how it combines sources into an answer. You can ask it to list the evidence for each claim, but open those links yourself. If the original and the answer disagree, quote or paraphrase the original accurately and link to it directly.
