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Telling fact from fiction inside Kashmir’s internet blackout
Three weeks since India shut off electronic communications in the Himalayan border region, has the blackout been effective in closing down misinformation?
Harassment and hate speech are spilling over from the Hong Kong protests through social media
Threats and accusations are leaking out from the pro-democracy protests which have gripped Hong Kong.
When does reporting become a megaphone for disinformation?
When it comes to websites with masked motives, can coverage do more harm than good? Recent discussions at First Draft tried to address this problem.
Featured Projects
CrossCheck: Together, Now.
A global network connecting journalists, academics and technologists in response to the evolving challenges of information disorder.
Standards Sessions
First Draft's Standards Sessions provide a space where senior journalists and editors can freely discuss ideas about how newsrooms should handle pressing ethics issues surrounding reporting in an age of disinformation.
Verificado.UY
Verificado.UY is an independent coalition collaboratively tackling disinformation in the context of Uruguayan 2019 presidential elections in October 2019.