Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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In an era where digital information spreads at the speed of a click, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between helpful guidance and sophisticated deception. Recently, Larimer County Assessor Bob Overbeck felt compelled to sound the alarm regarding a growing trend of confusion among local homeowners. Over the past…
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The landscape of public health communication is currently undergoing a radical transformation, primarily due to the rapid spread of medical disinformation. As misinformation regarding vaccines and other critical health topics proliferates online, health officials are struggling to keep pace with falsehoods that can influence public behavior and compromise collective safety. This study shifts the focus from broad, one-size-fits-all messaging toward a more surgical approach: identifying exactly who is susceptible to disinformation and why. By utilizing a sophisticated framework—the motivation-knowledge-attitude model—researchers categorized American adults into four distinct groups: the disinformation-immune, the vulnerable, the receptive, and the amplifying. This segmentation is the…
The situation surrounding the Bald Range wildfire has become an emotionally charged ordeal for the residents of Summerland, British Columbia. What began as a spark on a Friday evening has rapidly transformed into a monstrous 15,000-hectare inferno, forever changing the landscape west of the community. As the smoke continues to hang heavy in the air, the RCMP is working tirelessly to piece together exactly how this disaster began. They are reaching out to the community not just as investigators, but as partners in a search for the truth, hoping that anyone who was near the Princeton-Summerland or Bathville roads—or the…
