The disinformation ecosystem is constantly changing. This week, read about some of the evolving threats and new solutions being developed to counter them. The articles below include the BBC’s new anti-disinformation collaboration…
This week in our reading list, you’ll find stories on how platforms like Reddit, PayPal, and YouTube are policing online hate and disinformation - as well as the shortcomings of their approaches.…
For brands, ads placed via the ad tech landscape can fall into a vortex of violence and toxicity. Major brands rarely know that their content appears alongside some of the most heinous…
This week, the GDI was in the news about our upcoming study on how much money (a lot - US$235 million yearly) that known disinformation domains are making from the programmatic ads…
Brand safety should mean knowing your ads aren’t on domains that disinform. Unfortunately that is not the case today for most brands. Too much money and too many actors have overwhelmed the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…