
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.
UK government toolkit to help support the dissemination of reliable, truthful information that underpins our democracy.
RESIST stands for (Recognise disinformation, Early warning, Situational Insight, Impact analysis, Strategic communication, Track outcomes). This toolkit will: \- Build your resilience to the threat of disinformation \- Give you guidance on how to identify a range of different types of disinformation consistently and effectively \- Help you prevent and tackle the spread of disinformation \- Enable you to develop a response when disinformation affects your organisation’s ability to do its job or represents a threat to the general public. The toolkit promotes a consistent approach to the threat and provides 6 steps to follow. RESIST Disinformation: a toolkit The purpose of this toolkit is to help you prevent the spread of disinformation. It will enable you to develop a response when disinformation affects your organisation’s ability to do its job, the people who depend on your services, or represents a threat to the general public.


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.