Media
Journalism, storytelling, and other forms of interactive media are critical to civic engagement in democracies. Here we track those media and journalism tech projects that directly relate to citizens working to shift power in society.
Digital Ethical Pact
Panama's Digital Ethical Pact is an agreement where signatories pledge to follow the following: 1. Collaborate with the Electoral Tribunal so that the electoral ban is respected and electoral campaig...
Digital Democracy Risk Assessment: A User Guide
A user guide for civil society organizations and researchers to assess the vulnerability of a country’s electoral integrity to online manipulation.
Digital Enquirer Kit
The Digital Enquirer Kit is centered around misinformation, fact-based research and digital security.
Digital Democracy Charter
"The Digital Democracy Charter outlines several guiding principles on countering online disinformation and strengthening our democracies given the new digital age." - Counteringdisinformation.org
Digital Democracy Monitor Toolkit
The Digital Democracy Monitor Toolkit seeks to empower researchers with the knowledge, tools and examples to analyse democratic discourse online.
Digit Eye
Digiteye India is an independent digital news fact-checking venture by a small group of veteran journalists who came together to bring forth authentic facts behind daily news and claims being passed o...
DEMOS Engendering Hate Report: The counters of state-aligned gendered disinformation online
A report analyzing online spaces being weaponized to exclude women leaders and undermine the role of women in public life. It investigates gendered disinformation on Poland and the Philippines through...
Desconfío
Desconfío is an initiative launched by the Data Concepción team. It builds tools, produces research, and leads trainings.
Design 4 Democracy
Our mission is to ensure that information technology and social media play a proactive role in supporting democracy and human rights globally.
Detector de Mentiras
La Silla Vacía is an informative and interactive medium for people interested in current Colombian politics.
Detektor Media
Media Detector is a non-governmental organization established by Ukrainian journalists in January 2004.
Deeptrust Alliance
The DeepTrust Alliance is a global coalition of stakeholders advancing the fight against digital disinformation and deepfakes.
Defending Digital Democracy
Connects academic research on disinformation threats and vulnerability to governments, CSOs, technology firms, political organizations.
Debunk.eu
DEBUNK (demaskuok in Lithuanian) is a unique Lithuania-born initiative uniting competing media outlets, journalists, volunteers for a single purpose – to make society more resilient to orchestrated di...
Data Analytics for Social Media Monitoring
This new guide is designed to help democracy practitioners better understand social media trends, content, data, and networks.
Cyber News Verification Lab
This project is an experiment in experiential learning through a cyber verification lab at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre.
Countering Misinformation about Armenia
Monitoring of the selected talk shows, newspapers, electronic periodicals of both Russian and Armenian mass media to examine the media coverage, the possible labelling and targeted information conveye...
CrashCourse Media Literacy
In 12 episodes, Jay Smooth teaches you Media Literacy! Based on an introductory college level curriculum, this series takes you through the history and psychology of media and gives you the skills to...
Countering Information Influence Activities: A handbook for communicators
The purpose of this handbook is to increase public communicators' awareness and understanding of information influence campaigns and develop their ability to respond.
Credibility Coalition
The Credibility Coalition brings people together to develop common standards for information credibility.
ContentBlockchain
The Content Blockchain Project was initiated in 2016 by a consortium of publishing, law and IT companies to research the possibilities of using blockchain technologies to advance the content and media...
Network Contagion Research Institute
NCRI has built its own proprietary platform that has played a critical role in the identification and forecasting of emerging threats that threaten the Economic, physical and social health of civil so...
Memo 98
Memo 98 is a specialist media monitoring organization, with extensive experience of delivery media analyses on behalf of international institutions as well as technical assistance to civil society gro...
MOE Election Observation
The Election Observation Mission (La Misión de Observación Electoral, MOE) is an election observer group based in Colombia.
Monitor do WhatsApp
This system shows the most shared image, video, audio, messaging, and URLs content across over 300 WhatsApp public groups daily.
Mnemonic
Mnemonic is an NGO dedicated to archiving, investigating and memorializing digital information documenting human rights violations and international crimes.
Mobile Information Literacy Project
The Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington's Information School explores the role of digital technologies in building more open, inclusive, and equitable societies.
USAID Media Program in Ukraine
The USAID-funded Media Program in Ukraine will empower local media to expand Ukrainian citizens’ access to high-quality news and information.
SSRC Media Well
Disinformation, misinformation, and “fake news” are longstanding phenomena that, in the wake of the digital revolution, have become newly politicized and consequential. SSRC's research on the topic.
MediaWise
The mission of MediaWise is to empower people of all ages to be more critical consumers of content online.
MediaBiasFactCheck
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC), founded in 2015, is an independent online media outlet.
Checkology
Checkology’s lessons and other resources show you how to navigate today’s challenging information landscape.
Chequea Bolivia
A fundamental pillar of the democratic system is that there is freedom of expression and dissemination, and that citizens are duly informed to make correct decisions in their daily lives.
Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia
cekfakta.com adalah sebuah sebuah proyek kolaboratif pengecekan fakta yang dibangun di atas API Yudistira oleh MAFINDO ( Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia ) dan bekerja sama dengan beberapa media onlin...
Centre for Democracy & Development Fact Check program
Captain Fact
CaptainFact is a collaborative fact-checking tool for YouTube videos.
BlackBird.AI
"Blackbird.AI views the spread of disinformation as one of the world’s largest threats to national security, business, and the public as a whole." - Counteringdisinformation.org
Bolivia Verifica
Bolivia Verifica is a non-profit, non-political digital media that is dedicated to the verification of false news and public discourse to fight against disinformation and improve democratic participat...
Bot Sentinel
In 2018 we launched Bot Sentinel to help fight disinformation and targeted harassment. We believe Twitter users should be able to engage in healthy online discourse without inauthentic accounts, toxic...
Botcheck
This project uses advanced machine learning techniques to detect propaganda accounts on Twitter.
Botometer
Botometer (formerly BotOrNot) checks the activity of a Twitter account and gives it a score based on how likely the account is to be a bot.
BotSlayer
BotSlayer is an application that helps track and detect potential manipulation of information spreading on Twitter.
BOOM
BOOM is an independent digital journalism initiative. We are India’s premier fact checking website, committed to bring to our readers verified facts rather than opinion. When there is a claim, we will...
Beacon Project
Supports original research into disinformation vulnerability and resilience with public opinion research, analytical pieces, narrative monitoring, and mainstream and social media monitoring, both in h...
Be Internet Awesome
Google's digital media literacy training for kids
Aos Fatos
Daily, journalists from Aos Fatos follow statements by politicians and authorities of national expression, from different party colors, in order to verify if they are speaking the truth. For this, we...
Alternative News Networks
This project seeks to understand the health of the UK online information ecosystem, including tracking the spread of divisive and misleading content.
Assessment of Online Risks for the 2021 German Federal Elections
A report analyzing the online environment and potential risks for the 2021 German Federal Elections.
Agência Lupa
The Magnifier is the first news agency in Brazil to specialize in journalistic technique known worldwide as fact-checking and was founded on November 1, 2015.
Aggie
Aggie is an open-source social and online media aggregation tool designed specifically for monitoring events in real time.