Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Migration has always been one of the most deeply human experiences—moving in search of safety, opportunity, family, or simply a chance to breathe more freely. But today, that movement is happening against a backdrop of rising anxiety, stretched resources, and a growing sense that institutions no longer understand ordinary people.…
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On a Monday in Abuja, as Nigeria looks toward the next general elections, a warning was issued not about ballot boxes, but about the stories told around them. At the National Summit on AI, FIMI and Electoral Information Integrity, the Ambassador of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Gautier Mignot, offered a sobering thought: elections can be undermined without a single ballot being altered. Fabricated announcements, false claims about results, and carefully timed lies can do what stolen ballot boxes once did. The immediate target of such manipulation, he said, is information; the deeper target is trust. Disinformation…
Picture the scene: Donald Trump at a rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina, doing what he loves most—standing in front of a crowd and telling stories that sound urgent, exciting, and completely untrue. This time, he’s remembering Washington, DC, as a city under siege. He tells the faithful that before he stepped in, nobody dared go out to dinner. People were terrified. Fancy restaurants were being robbed, he claims, like a scene out of the Wild West. Diners standing around with their hands up, waiters afraid, cash registers emptied. It’s a vivid picture, and it’s an absolute lie. I live…
