Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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In towns and cities across Britain, people wake up to the same anxieties every morning: the cost of groceries, the wait for a doctor’s appointment, the roof over their heads, and the future their children will inherit. These are the struggles that dominate kitchen-table conversations and pub debates, and they…
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Sunday afternoon at Anfield is shaping up to be a tense watch for Liverpool supporters, as the team prepares to take on Brighton & Hove Albion in a fixture scheduled for a 2pm UK kickoff. There has been no announcement of a postponement, so the game is very much on, but the latest team news has dominated the conversation in the hours before the whistle. The most significant blow for Liverpool is the absence of Dominik Szoboszlai, whose hamstring problem has not cleared up quickly enough for him to be involved. Head coach Andoni Iraola gave a characteristically open update,…
For the first time in years, New Zealand’s political parties are actually pulling back from the murky world of online disinformation—not completely, but noticeably. That’s the encouraging word from Dr. Mona Krewel, director of Victoria University’s internet, social media, and politics research lab. Her team runs the New Zealand Social Media Study, a long-running project that tracks the Facebook pages of political parties and party leaders, both during election season and in quieter political moments. And right now, the findings are surprisingly hopeful. Since the study began in 2020, the current period has recorded the lowest level of disinformation ever…
