Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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On a warm summer’s day in Southport, before the grief had even settled, the misinformation machine had already started churning. Hours after a fatal attack on a children’s dance class, the country was raw, frightened, and desperate for answers. But instead of facts filling that vacuum, social media filled it…
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False Bay curled along the Cape Peninsula in a stretch of water that has known both abundance and silence. On a Wednesday morning in late September, a charter boat from African Shark Eco-Charters eased north of Seal Island, its crew and passengers scanning the swells with the familiar patience of people who have learned not to expect too much. Then a dark shape moved beneath the surface. It moved without panic, without hurry, a young great white shark gliding alongside the boat. For anyone who knows the history of this bay, the sight was nothing short of remarkable: it had…
Imagine being a voter in Srirangapatna, standing in front of a polling booth and trying to decide who deserves your vote. You rely on the candidate’s sworn affidavit—the official declaration of assets, liabilities, education, and criminal history—to understand who is asking for your trust. It is a document that is supposed to be truthful, complete, and binding. Now imagine discovering that one of the candidates quietly left out a piece of property he owned. The affidavit still looks neat and proper, but it does not tell the whole story. That, in essence, is the controversy that has reached the Karnataka…
