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Public Health
Monkeypox and ‘groomers’: How Twitter facilitated a hate-riddled public health disinformation campaign
August 16, 2022
ISD's Aoife Gallagher tracked the discussion of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak and its transmission in children, charting its rapid descent into an anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation campaign.
Democratic Integrity
French online ecosystem found to be resilient despite worrying threats during the 2022 elections
June 28, 2022
In response to major concerns around disinformation attacks during the 2022 French elections, the Online Election Integrity Watch Group brought together for the first-time a group of researchers to monitor information manipulation online meant to sway public opinion.
Climate
Deny, Deceive, Delay: Documenting and Responding to Climate Disinformation at COP26 and Beyond
June 9, 2022
Following our work around COP26, ISD and the 20+ member coalition Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD) are pleased to release our report “Deny, Deceive, Delay: Documenting and Responding to Climate Disinformation at COP26 and Beyond”.
Climate
COP26 ‘War Room’ launched to provide real-time monitoring on information attacks against the Glasgow summit
October 31, 2021
ISD and eight partner organisations across the climate sector launched a real-time monitoring unit (‘War Room’) to assess information attacks against the COP26 summit.
