Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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False and misleading information tends to surge during major societal crises, and social media has made that surge faster, wider, and harder to contain. These “mega-crises”—events that shake whole societies, like pandemics, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or wars—create conditions of fear, uncertainty, and information overload, which are exactly the conditions…
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A New Digital Shield: Britain’s Plan to Defend Democracy in the Age of AI In a world where a single fabricated video can spark a global crisis and a well-aimed tweet can sow division across continents, the battlefields of the 21st century are no longer defined by borders but by data streams. Recognizing this shift, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took the stage at the United Nations General Assembly with a bold announcement: the creation of a National Centre for Information Defence (NCID). This new body is designed to be the country’s digital immune system, a centralized effort to detect,…
In an age where our social media feeds move faster than our ability to think, misinformation has become the loudest voice in the room. It taps into our fears, our hopes, and our frustration, often before facts have a chance to catch up. This week, The Quint’s fact-checking team found itself sorting through a fresh wave of viral claims, each one designed to stir the pot. From the dark corners of online gossip to the heated battlefield of political loyalties, these five stories show just how easily we can be fooled. The cases ranged from an alleged assault incident at…
