Tipping Point: Democratic Erosion and the Assault on Press Freedom
This report examines how support to bolster independent media is a small component of international efforts to promote democracy and…
Theme: Authoritarianism
Spyware: An Unregulated and Escalating Threat to Independent Media
This report examines how the digital surveillance industry is a broad and largely opaque network of companies that produce technology…
Building Regional Strategies for Media Development in the Middle East and North Africa
The media community in MENA faces profound challenges. Resurgent authoritarianism, complex economic threats to media’s viability, and the growing proliferation…
360/Open Summit: Contested Realities | Connected Futures
The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) presents the fifth annual 360/Open Summit on June 6 and 7 at…
Digital Sherlocks
This program’s objective is to identify, expose, and explain disinformation where and when it occurs using open source research; to…
Authoritarianism: Understanding the Psychological Underpinnings of Democracy: Actualizing Evidence-Based Solutions to Strengthen Democracy
This report examines the drivers and symptoms of democratic decline, the role of mass polarization, social identity and identity-based conflict.
#DFRLabCoffeeBreak- Investigative Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono
Hopewell Chin’ono is an investigative reporter based in Zimbabwe. Through his freelancing and work with the BBC World Service, Chin’ono…
How inauthentic Facebook accounts targeted detained Moroccan journalists
In May 2022, Meta removed a network of 43 accounts engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior, and the spread of disinformation…
StratCom_China_Greitens
One of the goals of the security approach that Xi Jinping has taken is to prevent protest, and grievance, and…
Chinese discourse power: Ambitions and reality in the digital domain
As China’s military and economic power has grown, so has its ambition to shape global norms to suit its priorities.…