Publications

Scroll, Like, Deceive: Murky Political Accounts on TikTok before the German 2025 Elections

Political influence on TikTok is a numbers game – and someone was playing…

Elections, Algorithms, and Accountability: Digital Platforms and the 2025 German Federal Elections

Background In the lead up to the 2025 German Federal Elections, many civil…

Bots on Ballots: AI and Election Misinformation in Ghana

Executive Summary This study evaluates the performance of four AI chatbots—Claude, ChatGPT 4.0,…

The AfD on Facebook: Fear, Anti-CDU posts and Abuse of AI

How did the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) double its vote share in…

Scroll for a Fake: TikTok Murky Accounts Impersonate German Parties and Politicians Ahead of Elections’00a0

This report was written by Francesca Giannaccini, Ognjan Denkovski, and Duncan Allen. This…

Inconsistent and Unreliable: Chatbots Provide Inaccurate Information on German Elections

This report was written by Camila Weinmann and Duncan Allen with contributions from…

Big tech is backing out of commitments countering disinformation — What’2019s Next for the EU’2019s Code of Practice?

Executive Summary  As the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation (CoP) transitions to…

From Hashtags to Votes: Social Media Patterns in Austria’2019s 2024 National Elections

The analysis for this report was conducted by Klara Pernsteiner, from the University of…

Call for Partners: Strengthening Resilience against Disinformation in Sri Lanka

This call for partners closed on February 16, 2025Starting Date: 1 March 2025 Duration:  1 March…

DRI Statement on Platforms Reducing Commitments Ahead of Strengthened Code of Conduct on Disinformation

On 22 January, the European Commission published updated subscription documents by major platforms…