Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Latvia just held a parliamentary election that, by the standards of a country used to geopolitical storms, was almost boring. There were no dramatic cyberattacks, no last-minute Russian interference operation powerful enough to tilt the result, and no scandal that forced the nation to hold its breath. The outcome, too,…
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Think about the last time a shocking video landed in your phone’s inbox. Maybe you watched it twice, felt a surge of anger or fear, and then—without checking the source—forwarded it. In a moment like that, the line between truth and manipulation is easy to miss. That is the human reality behind the Delhi Police’s latest action. The police have registered four first information reports, or FIRs, over social media posts that allegedly spread misinformation and inflammatory content related to the ongoing protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the police crackdown that followed. By Tuesday evening, more than…
This is a story about how a single article, built on shaky facts, can shake a family, a firm, and a major news network. It begins with ABC News, one of the most trusted names in American journalism, publishing a report about President Donald Trump’s adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The story claimed that the two brothers had leveraged their father’s political power to secure billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts, and it singled out the venture capital firm 1789 Capital, where Donald Trump Jr. serves as a partner. The report was explosive, and it spread quickly.…
