Protecting Truth in the Digital Age

We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.

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It’s easy to dismiss online chatter as just noise, but sometimes that noise can be a deliberate drumbeat, shaping opinions and even influencing real-world events. In Alberta, a province grappling with the idea of a potential referendum on separatism, researchers are sounding the alarm about a concerning rise in online disinformation. Imagine, if you will, a powerful undercurrent of narratives, carefully crafted and strategically amplified, all designed to push Alberta towards independence. This isn’t just about a few disgruntled voices in an online forum; it’s a sophisticated operation, according to a recent report by DisinfoWatch. They’ve found that this content,…

A Young Man Caught in the Crosshairs of Geopolitics: The Curious Case of Dmitry Novikov Imagine a young man, barely in his mid-twenties, suddenly thrust into the international spotlight, not for an invention or an artistic triumph, but for allegedly being at the helm of a vast, shadowy disinformation network. This is the story of Dmitry Novikov, a 26-year-old Russian, whose recent detention in Argentina has peeled back layers of a complex geopolitical game playing out in Latin America. Novikov isn’t your typical mastermind; he’s a young man from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city perhaps more famous for volcanoes than international espionage.…

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