Political campaigns
Report
How do platforms handle electoral misinformation in paid-for advertising?
There are significant gaps in Australia’s regulatory framework when it comes to electoral misinformation and disinformation served through paid-for advertising. This research demonstrates issues with platform responses to electoral misinformation served through paid-for advertising and weaknesses in platform transparency reports to the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation.
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How do platforms respond to user-reports of electoral process misinformation?
This investigation set out to explore whether digital platforms remove electoral process misinformation when they are made aware of it via user-reporting.
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Sustaining the political mandate for climate action
This report summarises the findings of a collaboration between Lancaster University, the Climate Coalition and the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations. The findings reflect not only the perspectives of MPs, but also their views on how climate change is considered by their parliamentary colleagues.
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Bots, fake news and election conspiracies
The purpose of this report is to detect and analyse coordinated activity that occurred on X (formerly known as Twitter) and Reddit during the initial Republican Primary Debate and the counter-programmed Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump interview on 23rd August 2023.
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Competing without fighting: China's strategy of political warfare
This report offers one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of Chinese political warfare activities and examines China’s main actions, primary goals, and options for the United States and its partners.