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Situation Briefs

Situation Briefs are visual, data-driven analyses of the narratives, communities, and influence shaping fast-moving conversations and what they could mean for brands and organizations.

2026

OpenBrief NZ

OpenBrief is a New Zealand political-transparency platform that tracks MPs, donations, lobbying, and ministerial diaries alongside the media discourse, showing what's spiking, what's ignored, and how left, centre, and right frame the same story.

New Zealand

Social Media Lab

The Social Media Lab is an interdisciplinary research laboratory at Toronto Metropolitan University that studies how social media is changing the way people communicate, disseminate information, conduct business, and form communities.

Toronto

Communalytic

Communalytic is a no-code computational social science research tool for studying online communities and public discourse on social media

Toronto

PoliDashboard

An App For Tracking Targeted Political Ads on Facebook and Instagram.

Toronto

Russia-Ukraine ConflictMisinfo

The portal is a resource for analysts, researchers, and members of the public who are interested in understanding the nature and scale of online misinformation and disinformation about the Russia-Ukraine war.

Toronto

NoteTracker Dashboard

A Searchable Database of X's Community Notes

Toronto

Mediascopio

An AI-powered media observatory that measures bias, framing, and transparency in the Chilean press

Santiago, Chile

The Distraction Index

An open-source civic intelligence platform that scores every major U.S. political event on two axes: constitutional damage and media distraction. Publishes immutable weekly snapshots with full algorithmic transparency.