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Digital Threats to Democracy

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

31 October 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

#COP29 targeted by network of accounts pushing Azeri Government messaging

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

Crowd Control: Losing Meta’s transparency tool poses a threat to democracy

15 August 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

No ifs, many bots? Partisan bot-like accounts continue to amplify divisive content on X, generating over 4 billion views since the UK general election was called

31 July 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Newly identified bot-like accounts are generating billions of impressions, sowing division and spreading disinformation on X

31 July 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Investigation reveals content posted by bot-like accounts on X has been seen 150 million times ahead of the UK elections

02 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

TikTok and YouTube pass new test to detect foreign election disinformation ads in UK, but questions remain about their practices elsewhere

28 June 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Online reaction to first UK General Election debate makes clear: misinformation fueled climate culture war not going away

07 June 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

TikTok approves misleading election disinformation ads for publication in Ireland ahead of EU elections

04 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

"Arctic ice is not melting": Far right newspaper promotes climate disinformation on Meta

03 May 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

YouTube approves disinformation ads in India ahead of general election

02 April 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

“Votes will not be counted”: Indian election disinformation ads and YouTube

02 April 2024
Digital Threats to Democracy

Letting hate flourish: YouTube and Koo’s lax response to the reporting of hate speech against women in India and the US

01 February 2024
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
Fossil Fuels

EU green hydrogen plans “a gold standard for greenwashing” which would burn more fossil fuels

13 February 2023
Fossil Fuels

Energy giant Shell misleading US authorities, investors and the public by labelling fossil fuels as “renewable”

01 February 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

An open door to hate: Meta approves ads containing far-right hate speech in Norwegian

03 November 2022
Fossil Fuels

Corporate greenwashing tactics to watch out for at COP

27 October 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

TikTok and Facebook fail to detect election disinformation in the US, while YouTube succeeds

21 October 2022
Fossil Fuels

Revealed: how gas boiler companies are misleading the public about pipe-dream hydrogen heating

13 September 2022
Fossil Fuels

Open Letter to the voluntary carbon market integrity initiative

12 September 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

Online disinformation threatens the integrity of the Brazilian presidential election

24 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

Facebook approves election disinformation ads ahead of tense Brazil election

15 August 2022

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