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Digital Threats to Democracy

On a second attempt, TikTok and YouTube pass test to detect US election disinformation ads

11 December 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

TikTok fails to enforce its own policies on climate misinformation during COP29

06 December 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

TikTok still approving election disinformation ads in Ireland

27 November 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Asleep at the wheel: Meta fails to review hate speech on US Senate candidates’ pages in over three days

04 November 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

"AI-generated" is the new "fake news"

31 October 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Scores of suspicious accounts on X promote the Azerbaijan government’s messages on COP

29 October 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Before US election, TikTok and Facebook fail to block harmful disinformation. YouTube succeeds

17 October 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

TikTok and Facebook fail to detect harmful disinformation advertisements – putting US election at risk

17 October 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Disinformation dollars: How Google earns money from and funds articles that promote climate denial

23 September 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Google ads on far-right website that promotes climate denial, raise close to $1.5 million

23 September 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Conspiracy and toxicity: X’s AI chatbot Grok shares disinformation in replies to political queries

29 August 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

New investigation reveals political bias on X’s AI chatbot that risks influencing the UK vote

03 July 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Posts from bot-like accounts spreading disinformation and hate viewed more than 150 million times ahead of the UK election

30 June 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

The climate crisis is here, but climate disinformation still isn’t a priority for tech companies

28 June 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Ticked off: TikTok approves EU elections disinformation ads for publication in Ireland

04 June 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

“Female stupidity at its best. They all need to die.”: Violent and sexualised hate speech targeting women approved for publication by social media platforms

07 December 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

How Big Tech platforms are neglecting their non-English language users

30 November 2023
Fossil Fuels

The digital drill: How big oil is using AI to speed up fossil fuel extraction

21 September 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

Social media bosses must invest in guarding global elections against incitement of hate and violence

18 September 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

A world of online hate and lies: Mapping our investigations into social media platforms’ failure to tackle hate and disinformation

15 September 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

Where Big Tech and climate change meet – perspectives on accountability and action

30 June 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

New evidence of Facebook’s sexist algorithm

12 June 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

Facebook accused of gender discrimination, new research finds bias in advertising algorithm

12 June 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

Global Hating

04 April 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

Extreme and violent anti-LGBTQ+ hate approved for publication by leading social media platforms

23 February 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter highlights the need for government regulation of social media companies

11 November 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

Meta approves ads promoting manifesto of far-right terrorist Breivik in Norway

03 November 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

Rehashing existing policies by Facebook not enough to combat election disinformation in Brazil

17 August 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

Open letter to Meta, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube concerning the upcoming Brazilian election

17 August 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

Facebook fails to tackle election disinformation ads ahead of tense Brazilian election

15 August 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

Use “break glass” measures and suspend ads to protect Kenyan election, rights groups and Frances Haugen demand

29 July 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

Brussels takes on Big Tech: The good, the bad and the ugly

05 July 2022

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