Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Dr. Kate Starbird, a professor at the University of Washington and co-founder of the Center for an Informed Public, has dedicated her career to understanding how information travels during crises. Initially focused on the positive role of digital volunteers during disasters, her research took a turn when she began observing…
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has recently issued a stern warning to taxpayers regarding the rising trend of “inflated” or outright fraudulent tax deductions. As the annual tax season hits its peak, officials are noticing a disturbing number of individuals attempting to claim expenses they aren’t entitled to, driven in part by misinformation circulating on social media platforms like TikTok. Whether it is people trying to write off personal laundry as a business expense or fabricating work-from-home costs, the ATO is making it clear that their sophisticated data-matching technology is more than capable of sniffing out these discrepancies. This crackdown…
The landscape of how we consume information is undergoing a seismic shift, and the consequences for our local communities are becoming increasingly concerning. Recent findings from the Social Market Foundation, supported by the BBC, paint a sobering picture: traditional local journalism is retreating, leaving a vacuum that is being rapidly filled by social media. Nearly half of the British public now turns to platforms like Facebook, X, and Nextdoor for their local news, prioritizing the convenience of the feed over the accountability of a newsroom. With the steady decline of hometown newspapers and local broadcast stations, we are witnessing the…
