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Data Access and Transparency

Greater transparency from technology companies allows citizens and researchers to better understand the nature and extent of online harms including terrorist propaganda, extremist indoctrination, weaponised hate and influence operations on their platforms. Our work on transparency includes policy advice to governments, regulators and key multistakeholder initiatives.

April 2, 2026

Foreign actors and foreign influence: An exploratory analysis of international state actors targeting Ireland in 2025

As Ireland assumes Presidency of the Council of the European Union in July, attention has turned to risks from hostile actors and info campaigns.

Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Data Access and Transparency, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

March 31, 2026

Irish unity, Palestine and Soleimani: Analysis of an Iranian information operation targeting Ireland

Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Data Access and Transparency, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

December 18, 2025

The trust-consensus paradox: why decentralized fact-checking faces challenges on polarizing topics

Accountability and Speech Protection, Data Access and Transparency, Tech Accountability and Safety

September 19, 2024

US Election Platform Preparedness: Comparative Analysis

Data Access and Transparency, Democratic Integrity, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

September 17, 2024

Safeguarding Elections in the Digital Age: Assessing Evolving Electoral Risks and their Mitigation for Online Electoral Integrity

Data Access and Transparency, Democratic Integrity

February 2, 2024

Sasha Havlicek: transparency is the ‘sine qua non’ solution to respond to the evolving threat landscape

Data Access and Transparency

September 11, 2023

Policy Approaches to Addressing Data Access Challenges in the Evolving Online Ecosystem

Data Access and Transparency, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Tech Accountability and Safety, Tech Legislation and Regulation

July 21, 2023

Transparency

Data Access and Transparency, Tech Accountability and Safety

May 28, 2023

Engage or enrage: Sasha Havlicek on addressing bipartisan distrust in “curated speech environments”

Data Access and Transparency, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Tech Accountability and Safety

Further Reading

April 17, 2023

We need transparency, not censorship, to address hate speech and other harms on social media

Following Musk’s BBC interview, CEO Sasha Havlicek wrote an op-ed calling for greater transparency in platform algorithms distorting online speech.

Data Access and Transparency, Tech Accountability and Safety

March 9, 2023

ISD’s Jiore Craig gives keynote address at the British Council’s Media for All

ISD's Jiore Craig delivered the keynote address at the British Council’s #MediaForAll conference in Tirana, Albania.

Data Access and Transparency

February 23, 2023

Tim Squirrell: Meta’s conclusions on pro-Kremlin online campaigns “difficult” to assess

ISD's Tim Squirrell features in ABC News commenting on Meta's report on the evolution of pro-Russia online campaigns since the war began.

Data Access and Transparency

February 9, 2023

Hunter Biden laptop controversy exposes greater issues on transparency and disinformation

ISD's Anthony DeAngelo comments on the greater issue behind the Hunter Biden laptop conspiracy.

Data Access and Transparency, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Tech Accountability and Safety, Tech Legislation and Regulation

November 21, 2022

Jennie King on climate disinfo since Elon Musk’s takeover: “We were beginning to make progress”

ISD's Jennie King shares with Euro News some worrying observations about climate mis- and disinformation on Twitter since Elon Musk's takeover.

Climate, Data Access and Transparency, Tech Accountability and Safety

May 19, 2022

Elon Musk links Twitter bid to bot numbers, raising privacy and transparency issues

ISD’s Iris Boyer questions the balance between the right to privacy and transparency issues on social media.

Data Access and Transparency, Tech Accountability and Safety