Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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The aftermath of a major earthquake is always a time of profound vulnerability, where communities rely on connection and accurate information to survive and recover. However, as seen following the recent high-intensity earthquake in Kumamoto, Japan, this period of crisis is being hijacked by a toxic wave of digital misinformation.…
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The recent decision by the French government to issue a formal deportation order against Russian journalist Xenia Fedorova marks a significant turning point in how European nations are managing the influence of foreign media within their borders. Fedorova, who once led the French branch of the state-backed broadcaster RT, has found herself at the center of an intense geopolitical storm. French Interior Ministry officials have grounded their legal justification for this expulsion on the claim that her professional activities represent a direct challenge to the fundamental stability of the French state. By characterizing her presence as a “particularly serious and…
In her searing and vital memoir, How to Stand Up to a Dictator, Nobel laureate Maria Ressa bridges the gap between personal narrative and cold, analytical investigative journalism. More than just a recount of a career, the book serves as a terrifying, data-driven manual for the modern era. Ressa, a veteran Filipino-American journalist who founded the news platform Rappler amidst a changing digital landscape, paints a chilling picture of how our global economy has become inextricably linked with the decline of objective truth. Throughout the text, she argues that the surveillance capitalism powering major social media platforms is not merely…
