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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

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

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

03 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
Fossil Fuels

Poll: Nearly three quarters (71%) of Brits think MPs shouldn’t be allowed to take donations from oil and gas companies

01 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

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

“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

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

18 September 2023
Digital Threats to Democracy

“We’re going to kill you all”: Death threats against US election workers approved on Facebook

01 December 2022
Digital Threats to Democracy

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

21 October 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

Facebook approves election disinformation ads ahead of tense Brazil 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

Facebook unable to detect hate speech weeks away from tight Kenyan election

28 July 2022
Land and Environmental Defenders

Every election is now a climate election

25 January 2022
Fossil Fuels

How do corporations influence decisions on climate action?

05 November 2021
Fossil Fuels

YouGov poll finds majority of British public want the UK to lead world on tackling climate change

10 October 2020

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