Strategic Priority Information Integrity

Media Democracy Fund’s Disinformation Defense League advances a racially equitable digital society where social media platforms reduce disproportionate harm to people of color and shift incentives of technology platforms for the public good. DDL members helped advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, a bipartisan online privacy bill. DDL’s policy platform calls for a strategic set of solutions to combat disinformation and build a media ecosystem that serves the public interest by promoting accurate news and information, protecting civil and human rights, and fostering an informed, equitable electorate across all languages.

The Africa team of WITNESS is building clusters of mis- and disinformation community vanguards consisting of activists, human rights defenders, and journalists with the skills and tools to neutralize the potency of mis- and disinformation and uphold the truth. It designs trainings, tip sheets, blog posts, and explainer videos on the role of mis- and disinformation in undermining democratic principles and how to combat these trends and create trustworthy video documentation.

Meedan develops and operates Check, an open-source software platform for collaborative fact-checking deployed by more than 50 newsrooms and fact-checking organizations. Check runs misinformation tiplines on closed messaging networks including WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger and has improved citizen access to verified information during natural disasters, public health emergencies, and elections in Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, the United States, and India.