Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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1. A Province on Edge, A Decision Made It began with a familiar tension, the kind that has simmered in South Africa for years but sometimes boils over into something nobody can ignore. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the decision to deploy the South African National Defence Force to KwaZulu-Natal, not…
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In a country where a single forwarded message can ignite panic or deepen division, Iraq is trying to build something quiet but powerful: a place where truth can be checked before it spreads. On Monday, the government announced the launch of Muka’id—an Arabic word meaning “confirmed”—a new digital platform dedicated to monitoring and verifying news that circulates across social media, messaging apps, and online forums. This is not simply a website or a government portal. It is an attempt to respond to a crisis of trust that has been building for years, as rumors, fake news, and fabricated videos move…
In an age when a single grainy video can ripple across social media and reshape public perception within hours, a quiet but damaging rumor has emerged in Indonesia involving two well-known figures and a foreign diplomat. According to Indonesian news outlet Kompas, the controversy began after a video supposedly showing the entrance of the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta began circulating online. The footage was accompanied by claims that two Indonesian men—Dino Patti Djalal, a former diplomat and political figure, and another man named Saiful—had met Singapore’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Kwok Fook Seng, under suspicious circumstances. The implication, carefully planted in…
