
SSRC Media Well
Disinformation, misinformation, and “fake news” are longstanding phenomena that, in the wake of the digital revolution, have become newly politicized and consequential. SSRC's research on the topic.
BirdXplorer is a tool for combating disinformation that uses Community Notes data from X (formerly Twitter).
BirdXplorer is a disinformation countermeasure tool developed by Code for Japan. It provides a dashboard that helps identify circulating narratives using Community Notes data from X (formerly Twitter). The project also supplies data to news organizations and experts to support analysis of disinformation in Japan.
Kazuki Jinnouchi


Disinformation, misinformation, and “fake news” are longstanding phenomena that, in the wake of the digital revolution, have become newly politicized and consequential. SSRC's research on the topic.

The CLC is a volunteer network of individuals trained to monitor for, critically evaluate, and report misinformation on diverse topics central to our civic life: voting, elections, public health, civil rights, and other important issues.

A collection of easy to use resources for identifying misinformation and its psychological tricks

For this first phase of our program, WhatsApp is commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp.