Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Michael Sanchez had a front-row seat to something he had never experienced before. From his desk in the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office, he watched as rumors of a rigged June primary exploded across the internet. It was early June, and the primary election had just concluded, but for…
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If 2026 were a newsreel, it would be hard to take a breath. The year has shaped up to be one of the most turbulent in a century, not because of any single catastrophe but because so many fires are burning at once. Climate change is no longer a distant warning; it is a lived reality, with rising temperatures and extreme droughts displacing communities, reshaping the line between habitable and uninhabitable land, and tightening pressure on food and water supplies. In Eastern Europe, the Russia-Ukraine war has settled into a grinding conflict with no clear end, exacting a toll in…
With the 2026 Local Government Elections on the horizon, the Electoral Commission (IEC) has taken a significant step to protect the integrity of the vote by introducing the Electoral Code of Conduct on Countering Disinformation. This code is aimed squarely at political parties and candidates contesting the election, and it spells out clearly what they can and cannot do when it comes to spreading false or misleading information, whether online or offline. It applies from the moment it took effect all the way through until the results of the election are formally declared. To make this workable, the IEC has…
