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Data & Society Media Manipulation Initiative

The Media Manipulation Initative takes a sociotechnical approach to understanding the social, political, and economic incentives to game information systems, websites, platforms, and search engines—especially in cases where the attackers intend to destabilize democratic, social, and economic institutions.

Data & Society Research Institute, West 20th Street, New York, NY, USA

Last report published in 2019

Project type
Program
Language(s)
English
Added
2022-05-31
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:44:24.000Z

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Number of integrations
0
Geographic focus
Global
Source
[Database of Informational Interventions](https://counteringdisinformation.org/interventions)

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