Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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For months, a quiet but deliberate storm has been building in Poland’s information space. Russian operatives, Polish officials and independent researchers now say, are aggressively exploiting a painful historical dispute between Warsaw and Kyiv over World War Two massacres in order to drive a wedge between Poland and Ukraine. The…
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Every election is a story long before it becomes a result. In Osun State, that story is being written in living rooms, marketplaces, religious gatherings, and—above all—on millions of phone screens. With the governorship election scheduled for Saturday, 15 August 2026, the Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) has opened its situation rooms in Abuja and Lagos, signalling a quiet but determined effort to protect the integrity of the information space around the vote. In a statement released on Thursday and signed by the coalition’s National Coordinator, David Ajikobi, the NFC announced that its members and volunteers would be watching closely for…
The Truth Behind Data Center Water Claims: A Closer Look at Virginia’s Growing Crisis Driving along Route 1 near Crane’s Corner in Stafford County, I recently noticed a striking new billboard that stopped me in my tracks. The advertisement boldly proclaimed that “many data centers use NO WATER 96% of the time” and that “many don’t use water at all.” Almost simultaneously, similar messaging began appearing repeatedly in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, painting a picture of data centers as environmentally responsible neighbors “building responsibly” and encouraging readers to “get the facts.” These polished advertisements, funded by VirginiaConnects.com, a pro-data center…
