DRI is Investigating Online Political Posts Surrounding the 2024 EU Elections
Democracy Reporting International has assembled a team of nine social media researchers from different European countries for an in-depth and…
Theme: Tech & Democracy
Anticipating the Storm: Mapping Digital Threats to the 2024 European Parliament Elections
On April 4th, DRI held an online exchange (90 minutes) with EU institutions, platforms, international organisations and NGOs to assess…
Are Chatbots Misinforming Us About the European Elections? Yes.
2024 has been called a super-election year, with more than 60 national elections taking place around the world. At the…
Empowering Armenian Researchers to Combat Gender-Based Hate Online
What can we do against online hate speech against women? At Democracy Reporting International we believe that this form of…
Ahead of the EU Elections 2024 | 1 | Towards a coherent digital & democracy agenda
Digital policy had a prominent role in the EU agenda over the past 5 years, as it was one of…
It’s time to reform social media recommender systems
In 2023, the generative AI boom dominated tech policy discussions, overshadowing the urgent need to overhaul social media’s recommender systems.…
How can the DSA Guidelines on Election Integrity be improved?
The recently published European Commission’s draft guidelines for Providers of Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search…
Identifying systemic risks for civic discourse and electoral processes and related mitigation measures under EU’s Digital Services Act
The Digital Services Act (DSA) mandates that Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), such as Facebook, and Very Large Online Search…
How Stronger Export Controls Can Better Protect Human Rights
Freedom on the Net, Freedom House’s flagship report on internet freedom in 70 countries, documented that in at least 49…
Five Questions for the US Senate Intelligence Hearing on Foreign Threats to the 2024 Election
The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is holding a hearing “to examine an update on foreign threats to the…