Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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On the 75th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention—a landmark treaty born from the ashes of World War II to protect the world’s most vulnerable—the Scottish Refugee Council (SRC) has released a sobering report. Their new polling highlights a stark, unsettling divide in Scotland: while the nation prides itself on…
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The digital landscape in the Philippines has undergone a profound transformation, positioning Facebook not just as a social networking site, but as the primary heartbeat of the nation’s information ecosystem. According to recent data from Pulse Asia, an overwhelming majority of Filipino adults rely on this single platform as their primary gateway to news and current events. This shift highlights a reality where the boundary between socializing and consuming journalism has completely dissolved. For many Filipinos, if a story isn’t surfacing on their Facebook feed, effectively, it hasn’t happened yet. This centralization of information is a testament to the platform’s…
Back in December 2016, Denzel Washington found himself under the bright, intrusive lights of a press junket, fielding questions about a piece of fabricated news that had placed him in a situation he’d never actually experienced. His response wasn’t just a clever soundbite; it was a candid, weary diagnosis of a media culture in freefall. When he famously remarked, “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read it, you’re misinformed,” he wasn’t merely cracking a joke. He was opening a window into the frustration many of us feel today—the sense that our information environment has become…
