Your GDI Read Out – Weekly Reading List
This week, we’re taking a global view of the problem of disinformation. In countries such as Sweden, Russia, China, India, and Brazil, how is disinformation spreading, who is behind it, and what…
Your GDI Read Out: Weekly Reading List
Our top reads this week look at the ecosystem of disinformation and the platforms and players that compose it. What to know what keeps 8Chan online and as one of the feeders…
Your GDI Read Out: Weekly Reading List
The Russian government isn’t the only source reportedly pushing political disinformation. This week, our reading list includes articles on various other domestic and foreign disinformation sources. From conspiracy theories to political lobbying…
Adversarial narratives are the new model for disinformation
The GDI is concerned about how different disinformation actors are abusing the internet ecosystem and the harms that this creates for our societies, economies and political processes. To break the network and…
Anti-vaxxers and the Epidemic of Health Disinformation
Disinformation in the digital world often causes significant harm in the physical world. Nowhere is this more true than in the case of the ‘anti-vaxxer’ movement. In this blog post, we explore…
Your GDI Read Out: Weekly Reading List
Much of what GDI has been reading this past week centers on recent government fines on tech companies, the limitations of these measures, and alternative regulatory approaches. Our read out also includes…
Your GDI Read Out: Weekly Reading List
This week, we’re sharing articles on the benefits of a free press and the threat that disinformation poses to the 2020 US census. Our team has also been reading about the latest…
Your GDI Read Out: Weekly Reading List
What are deepfakes and how do they differ from other forms of manipulated video? What are the steps platforms are taking to reduce content that they consider harmful? This week, we’ve been…
Disinformation is an Online Harm
Disinformation has been used as a tool to weaponise mass influence and disseminate propaganda. It has brought extreme fallout for economies, politics and societies around the globe. No country is immune from…
Your GDI Read Out: Weekly Reading List
This week GDI staff members have been tracking a range of news developments tied to our efforts to combat disinformation - both upstream (at the source) and downstream (the factors that spread…