The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program is a critical public good, yet it is at a crossroads. Established by MITRE with support from the U.S. government, the index of software vulnerabi...

Science Feedback and partners have released a first measurement of Structural Indicators across six Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) in four EU member states (France, Spain, Poland, Slovakia). Belo...

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In the aftermath of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, two of Russia’s most prominent public officials have weighed in on social media. On Wednesday afternoon, Kirill Dmitriev and D...

NPR gets an inside look at how one small Vermont town is protecting its water plant from hackers.

The soldier met with an undercover officer and handed over sensitive information.

I came down from my home office to hear our family’s nanny, “Trina,” on the phone in distress. “I think I’ve been scammed online,” Trina told me. “What should

This brief study examines 4,200+ Sinhalese comments published in response to eleven Facebook posts posted between mid-July and August 2025, analysing the construction of competing narratives around…

A new report on post-election audits conducted in 2024 in seven swing states finds that in most states the audits are insufficient.

Tech companies are restricting debates of public interest to comply the Online Safety Act, analysis shows.

Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.

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The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is excited to announce renewed support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies for our efforts to carry out a multi-pronged approach to protect, empower, and ...

PEN America acquires assets of OnlineSOS a pioneering nonprofit dedicated to supporting people who are harassed online.

Today’s debates about free speech overlook how digital systems actually work.

As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

It is more important than ever for Western donors to champion the inclusion of digital rights in their development aid agendas, writes Mai Van Tran.

Papers related to misinformation from David Rand and Gordon Pennycook’s research team Key papers The Psychology of Fake News TiCS 2021 [Tweet thread] [15 minute video summary] Durably reducing consp...

OPM’s new hiring memo imports the authoritarian playbook—quietly, bureaucratically, and by design.

Move comes as Trump administration also moved to stop student visa interviews at all US embassies worldwide

In our Writing an Op-Ed instructional webinar, participants will learn how to draft an op-ed — or any kind of opinion piece, whether in print or digital media — in order to advance a broader goal of p...

Despite EU bans, RT content still spreads via proxy sites and pro-Kremlin accounts promoting pro-Russian propaganda films and posters, reaching nearly 2M users in just 60 days.

Fact checking organisations around the world—which seek to amplify accurate information amidst a deluge of false, misleading or artificially generated junk—are under pressure as never before. Many may...

The backlash against Pope Leo XIV on X was fuelled almost entirely by MAGA supporters and talking points, who rapidly framed his election as part of a broader "woke" agenda.

In Enhancing Cyber Resilience Through Insurance, authors Sophia Mauro and Taylor Grossman make the case that cyber insurance has the strategic potential to go beyond consequence management, actually h...

Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem. The economic indicator on the RSF World Press...

A 17-year-old Wisconsin teenager wanted to kill the president, overthrow the United States government, and kickstart a revolution – so he shot dead his mother and stepfather. This weekend, the FBI…