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Information disorder: 'The techniques we saw in 2016 have evolved'
'We are increasingly seeing the weaponisation of context' says First Draft US director and co-founder Claire Wardle in the third of a new series of guides.
Pro-Trump Twitter accounts boost Boris Johnson Brexit message
Hundreds of users bearing US hashtags or created since June helped promote the British Prime Minister in activity experts called 'suspicious'.
Doxxed journalist reveals perils of working in Hungary's hostile media environment
András Petho, co-founder of Direkt36, an investigative website based in Budapest, explains how Hungary's independent media has come under state attack.
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.