Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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In the modern age, the line of fire no longer runs only through trenches, artillery ranges, or contested front lines. It also runs through unassuming buildings on the outskirts of cities, buildings filled with humming servers, blinking lights, and endless racks of data. These are data centres, and for a…
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Imagine scrolling through your feed and seeing a video that makes your blood boil: a voter taps the screen for one candidate, only to watch the machine light up for the opponent. The caption screams “national emergency,” and within hours, millions have shared it. That is exactly what happened in late October 2026, as anxious Americans were casting early ballots for the pivotal November 3 midterms. But here is the truth beneath the panic: those viral clips were not filmed this year, they do not show the machines you are likely voting on, and they certainly do not prove any…
In the quiet southwestern Minnesota town of Mountain Lake, a place where neighbors know one another and crime rarely makes headlines, a disturbing case has come to light. Miguel Angel Ponce, 34, of Mountain Lake, has been charged in Cottonwood County with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and false imprisonment, both felonies. The allegations describe a moment of terrifying vulnerability: a young person entering a bathroom at a friend’s house, only to find themselves trapped with an adult who, according to the law enforcement report, began to touch them and make inappropriate comments. The victim’s mother reported the…
