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Trust as Infrastructure: What Disinformation Really Erodes

The core failure isn't just the invention of isolated lies. It's the systemic erosion of consensus itself, the inability for citizens to agree on basic data points.

01 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

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Disinformation & Media Literacy

How false information spreads and why it works on us - and the critical thinking, prebunking and resilience strategies that help individuals, organisations and democracies push back.

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Platform Governance

How platforms shape public discourse through algorithms and moderation, and how liability rules and regulation like the Digital Services Act are trying to hold them to account.

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AI & Policy

AI regulation and digital policy across the UK, EU and beyond - what the emerging frameworks demand of organisations, and the rights they exist to protect.

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Humanitarian Tech

Technology in humanitarian contexts: protecting vulnerable people, supporting crisis response, and confronting the harms AI can inflict on refugees and marginalised communities.

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Electoral Integrity

Defending democratic processes from influence operations, voter suppression narratives and synthetic media in an AI-shaped information environment.

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AI Governance & Oversight

Practical AI governance: oversight frameworks, audit trails, drift monitoring and risk management that keep deployed AI systems accountable from design through to live operation.

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Deepfakes & Synthetic Media

Deepfakes and generative AI content - what synthetic media means for consent, trust, law and culture, and the struggle to preserve authenticity online.

33 articles

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AI, Peace & Conflict

Intelligent systems in war and peacebuilding: early warning, machine-mediated reconciliation, autonomous weapons, and AI's role in societies rebuilding after conflict.

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