03.04.25
Big Tech
Case against tech giant over hate speech and ethnic violence will go ahead in Kenyan courts
07.03.25
The Kremlin has long sought to sow chaos using ‘information confrontation’. That job just got a lot easier
05.02.25
Global Health
By gutting government records, the president is obscuring information about life-and-death issues
08.01.25
With tech titans openly disregarding the truth ahead of Trump’s second term, 2025 is likely to herald a new era of disinformation
01.11.24
Toxic lies being used to push bitcoin scams and MAGA shirts to Facebook users in run-up to US election
02.08.24
TBIJ looked at the digital footprint and spoke to protestors – and the evidence is weak
06.07.24
Two sets of sites pushing Russian misinformation grew rapidly in the run up to this week’s votes in the UK and France
01.07.24
Experts say promotion of divisive views combined with anti-Ukraine stance has been a mark of Russian influence operations
26.06.24
After months of trawling social media and logging spreadsheets, we found a story that shows the alarming proximity of ‘fringe’ views to mainstream politics
Groups boast more than 60,000 members and have been used as a recruiting ground for Reform despite bearing no official links to the party
14.06.24
Local push to protect Worcestershire farmland has hired longtime Boris Johnson adviser and cost upwards of £10,000
05.06.24
AI-edited videos of Starmer and Sunak evaded social media rules and cheated people out of money
With 2bn people heading to the polls this year, regulators must keep pace with new strategies of deception
Concerns raised over platform’s ability to curb misinformation as major elections loom
07.03.24
AI-generated imitations come in different forms and are increasingly hard to tell apart from the real thing
29.11.23
Environment
Almost a million posts have been found to spread false or misleading information about meat, dairy and alternative diets
04.10.23
False conspiracy theories around 15-minute cities see a secret plot behind the proposals to place draconian restrictions on the movement of citizens
27.07.23
Attempts to manipulate voters threaten elections around the world. So we’re launching a new project to help you understand how you could be targeted
30.03.22
Yandex, a company owned almost entirely by Western investors is still helping sites pushing false Russian claims make thousands of dollars a day through on-site adverts
20.02.22
Fact checkers and civil society organisations describe company's virtually 'non-existent' support for their work tackling misinformation
