Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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Late April in Tbilisi began like so many other mornings, with the usual hum of traffic, the smell of fresh bread from old bakeries, and people scrolling through their phones as they rode the metro to work. For Dito Chubinidze, a journalist with the Georgian newspaper Asaval-Dasavali, that ordinary rhythm…
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Behind every missing-person report lies a knot of human emotion, but in KwaThema that knot has now become a scandal. The Salvation Army, speaking from Pietermaritzburg, says that the twelve days spent investigating the alleged kidnapping of a woman may have been stolen from real victims. Margaret Stafford, from the organisation’s Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Response, delivered a sobering message: false criminal claims do not simply fool the police; they also drain scarce resources and make the road harder for people whose suffering is genuine. The case began on 7 October, when a 37-year-old woman was reported missing by…
Imagine you’re sitting at home in the weeks before a big election, trying to figure out what’s real and what’s not. You open your favorite social media app, and instead of feeling informed, you feel uneasy. A post from a neighbor turns out to be a Russian bot. An article shared by a friend was generated by artificial intelligence. A video of a politician seems real but was manipulated. This is the atmosphere that senior Democratic lawmakers say they are worried about as the November 3 midterm elections approach. In a blunt letter addressed to the chief executives of some…
