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Explainers

Ukraine's new reality of information warfare and journalism

Journalist Anna Chaika explores the profound transformation of reporting in the wake of Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Ukraine's new reality of information warfare and journalism

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How young Africans are exposed to disinformation

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Unveiling Tech's Role and Media's Fight in Latin America

Tackling Disinformation: A Learning Guide is aimed at helping those already working in the field, or directly impacted by the issues, such as media professionals, civil society actors, DW Akademie partners and experts. It offers insights for evaluating media development activities and rethinking approaches to disinformation, alongside practical solutions and expert advice, with a focus on the Global South and Eastern Europe. 

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Tips for tackling disinformation in the Global South

Here are some tips for those looking to fund disinformation interventions in the Global South.
Designing strategies
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Three-sphere model tackles disinformation systematically

DW Akademie has developed a systemic approach to tackle disinformation. Here's how the three-sphere model works.

Justin Arenstein: Disinformation is an organized crime issue

Code for Africa's Justin Arenstein says it's vital to investigate and expose the crime networks behind disinformation.

How to fix the broken disinformation research model

Expert Alicia Wanless on why the disinformation research model is broken and how we could fix it.
Global South: Insights into disinformation

West Africa: The election cyber troops sowing disinformation

Fact-Check Ghana's Kwaku Krobea Asante explains how trolls target elections and how his organization tackles it.
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Myanmar's military weaponizes disinformation against media

The military has set up a network of Telegram accounts, which work in a synchronized way to counter independent media.

Insights into Russia's information war in the Middle East

Security expert Elene Janadze on how to spot Russian disinformation in the Middle East and how to tackle it.
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How to empower African youths to make informed decisions

The Debunk Media Initiative shares its lessons learned as a young media start-up doing fact-checking in Uganda.

Tips on how to tackle disinformation in the Global South

Expert Herman Wasserman explains the disinformation landscape in the Global South and gives tips on how to tackle it.
Tips, tools and approaches

8 tips for journalists to track disinformation campaigns

Investigative journalist Koami Maxime Domegni shares 8 tips to help journalists track down disinformation campaigns.
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Power of network analysis in combatting disinformation

Dive into the fight against disinformation with network analysis techniques, revealing the truth behind the spread.
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Open Secrets: Using OSINT to navigate the online world

Open-source intelligence, or OSINT, offers an extraordinary amount of information to anyone with an internet connection.
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How media and information literacy can fight disinformation

Media and information literacy is one way to combating disinformation. Here's an overview of what you need to know.
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Managing your mental health when dealing with disinformation

Tips on looking after yourself when dealing with disinformation on a daily basis from DW's Jochen Spangenberg.

How journalists can break the disinformation cycle

Journalism professor Walid Al Saqaf shares his tips on what journalists should do instead of fixating on fact checking.
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Disinfo Challenge: An Interactive Game

DW Akademie has developed an interactive game where participants team up to craft a strategy to counter disinformation. The game is based on the three-sphere model against disinformation.
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Detoxing information ecosystems: A proactive strategy for tackling disinformation

This paper presents a novel approach to the challenges associated with disinformation. It diagnoses a tendency towards stand-alone solutionism in most current media development strategies in this realm.

More resources

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Definitions and concepts
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Disinformation: Current definitions and examples

While there isn't a universally accepted definitions, here are some of the common ways academics and big tech define disinformation.

Claire Wardle: Let's focus on community information needs!

Expert Claire Wardle says to tackle disinformation, make content for the dynamic, participatory information landscape.

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Disinformation as a wicked problem — an explainer

Disinformation is a problem that can't be viewed in isolation and for which there isn't a clear solution. Attempted solutions often have unintended consequences.

Lessons learned from Africa

How PesaCheck tackles misinformation with fact checking

PesaCheck's Doreen Wainainah explains how Africa's largest fact-checking organization tackles misinformation.

Fighting the disinformation epidemic in Kakuma refugee camp

Meet the reporters tackling disinformation in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp by building bridges between community groups.

Tips on tackling Burkina Faso's disinformation flood

Fasocheck founder Boureima Salouka the limits of fact checking to combat disinformation and what works.
Lessons learned from Eastern Europe
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How Armenia's Hetq media fights disinformation and divisions

How the media outlet Hetq wins audiences' trust in a media landscape hit by Russian trolls and polarized local media.

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How Russian disinformation manipulates data on Ukraine war

How disinformation campaigns manipulate data and statistics in the context of Russia's war on Ukraine.

Disinformation & AI
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AI race is deepening existing inequalities across the globe

Generative artificial intelligence is deepening the digital divide, says DRI's Heather Dannyelle Thompson.

How the media can build AI tools to tackle disinformation

Researcher Swapneel Mehta explains how media can use machine learning to create tools to tackle disinformation.
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Generative AI is the ultimate disinformation amplifier

Generative artificial intelligence tools allow anyone to quickly and easily create massive amounts of fake content.

Food for thought
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Tech reporting can push big tech to tackle disinformation

Tech reporting can play a role in tackling disinformation by holding technology and social media giants to account, believes the Mozilla Foundation's Odanga Madung.

Disinformation research

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Disinformation: People aren't as gullible as we think

Psychologist Sacha Altay says misinformation impacts people's behavior much less than we think.

Research overview

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Using psychological interventions to navigate disinformation

Carolin-Theresa Ziemer explains what her research on disinformation interventions like inoculation and nudges found.

What is foreign information manipulation and interference?

Sebastien Babaud from the EU's diplomatic service explains foreign information manipulation and interference.

Gendered disinformation: What is it and why you should care

Tamar Kintsurashvili from MD Foundation Georgia takes a deep dive into the topic and speaks about what gendered disinformation is, why is it important to do more research on it and how it is explicitly used in the Russian-Ukraine war.

DW's fact check team

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How DW's fact-checking team works

Viral fake news on social media, false claims on COVID-19 or disinformation on elections — DW's fact check team debunks, explains and uses in-depth research techniques to separate fact from fiction.