Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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On an otherwise ordinary Monday in the city of Erbil, the steady rhythm of daily life was broken by the whirring sound of drones overhead—a sound that has become all too familiar and deeply unsettling across the Middle East. These were not surveillance aircraft or commercial devices; they were explosive-laden…
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Who Benefits from Wildfire Misinformation? The air smells like a scorched earth, thick with the acrid remnants of a forest that once stood tall. The sky turns a sickly orange, and the sound of sirens blends with the frantic barking of dogs being herded into cars. In the terrifying chaos of a wildfire—the constant pinging of emergency alerts, the frantic packing of photo albums, the desperate search for loved ones—there is an equally frantic scramble for answers. Why is this happening? Who is to blame? Why didn’t we stop it sooner? It is in this vacuum of fear and uncertainty…
Elections Alberta finds itself in an unexpected and unwelcome spotlight, but it has nothing to do with policy or procedure. Instead, the province’s election authority is grappling with a modern political plague: a surge of digital misinformation aimed at undermining public trust in the democratic process. With the provincial referendum scheduled for October 19, just over two months away, officials are raising the alarm about a coordinated wave of false narratives swirling around their online voter registration system. The target of these attacks is VoterLink, the digital platform designed to streamline the electoral process. According to the Chief Electoral Officer,…
