Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Every so often, a generation inherits the bill for what an earlier generation built. That moment has arrived for Boulder, and for communities across the United States. The public buildings that rose out of the mid-twentieth century — fire stations, recreation centers, maintenance yards, and municipal offices — are all…
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Let’s be honest: in the digital age, feelings often outrank facts. A story that triggers anger, fear, or sympathy spreads faster, lingers longer, and feels more true than a carefully worded statement full of evidence. This is especially true during online scandals, when official information is incomplete or untrusted. Misinformation, in this context, is not just a lie circulating on the internet. It is a participatory process. Audiences do not simply absorb rumors; they shape them, repeat them, add new details, and transform them into shared emotional realities. Researchers call this participatory misinformation, and it is driven by emotional resonance—the…
A stolen vehicle is never just a machine. It is a daily companion, an essential tool, a symbol of independence, and for many people, the only thread that connects them to work, family, and the wider world. When it disappears, the loss is felt in practical and profoundly personal ways. Somewhere in Bedford, a person woke up one morning to that exact feeling—an empty driveway, a strange silence, and the slow, heavy dread of knowing that someone had taken something that belonged to them. The vehicle was eventually found, but not by chance. It was recovered by Dorset Police’s Rural…
