Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Misinformation has become one of the defining concerns of the digital age, but for all the public worry, there is surprisingly little agreement about what the term actually covers. In a recent effort to map the expert landscape, researchers surveyed 150 academic specialists across political science, psychology, communication, sociology, and…
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Every lawsuit begins as a story, but this one began as a story about a story. It started with an article in The Wall Street Journal, a birthday book linked to Jeffrey Epstein, and a handwritten letter that the newspaper said bore President Donald Trump’s name. It ended, at least for now, with a federal judge in Miami throwing out a $20 billion defamation case in language that left no room for doubt. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles issued a 20-page ruling on Saturday dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled in his court. The case is…
It begins with the kind of headline that makes you stop scrolling and stare for a moment: an affidavit has emerged implicating a disgraced former deputy national police commissioner in a R750,000 payment linked to the arrest of a businessman. The date is 1 November 2026, and the name at the centre of the storm is Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, once one of the most powerful police officers in South Africa. The photograph accompanying the article shows him in a formal uniform, the kind of image that once inspired authority and confidence. Now that image sits beside a caption that describes…
