Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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The landscape of modern elections has transformed into a high-stakes arena where the clerk’s office—once a quiet, bureaucratic backwater—now finds itself at the frontline of a national information war. In El Paso County, Clerk and Recorder Steve Schleiker is working tirelessly to pull back the curtain on election processes, not…
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The landscape of American student debt is currently a high-stress minefield, leaving over 42 million borrowers—who collectively hold a staggering $1.6 trillion in loans—in a state of profound uncertainty. As we approach a series of sweeping changes slated for July 1, the federal student loan system appears to be buckling under the pressure. Nearly 7 million borrowers, currently caught in limbo after the collapse of the SAVE repayment plan, are being forced to navigate a confusing transition to new payment options. Unfortunately, instead of a seamless shift, they are encountering a series of technical failures and misleading information that threaten…
The digital landscape is currently witnessing a troubling phenomenon where accounts previously banned from Facebook for spreading disinformation are finding ingenious ways to bypass safety protocols and continue their operations—and more importantly, their revenue streams. Despite Meta’s well-publicized crackdowns, researchers have discovered that these bad actors aren’t vanishing; they are simply shifting their strategy. By creating interconnected clusters of secondary pages and groups, these entities effectively “launder” their presence, ensuring that even when a primary account is struck down, the machinery of misinformation remains fully operational. It is a game of digital whack-a-mole where the perpetrators have learned how to…
