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The transcript of the opening speech at the CIR Open Source Film Awards.

By Rollo Collins and Francesca Gentile The second article of our new series “Spotlight on Extremism” looks into those conspiracy theories...

Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is releasing more internal policies relating to the unique challenges online researchers face. Today, we are sharing our “Online Abuse Policy, Support Mechanisms, and Guidance”, a document that sets out how CIR supports staff facing online abuse as a result of their work.

By Rollo Collins, Francesca Gentile and Kyle Glen The first article of our new series “Spotlight on Extremism” looks into the conspiracy...

By Francesca Gentile A joint CIR investigation finds that last year’s YouTube award for the most-viewed news channel in Indonesia was...

The Sudan Shahid map is a collaborative effort between the Centre for Information Resilience, C4ADS and the Sudan Human Rights Hub to monitor the violence in Sudan documented by our teams and partners.

The live, open source map documents verified data of abuses, attacks and protests.

Over five years ago, in December 2017, I published a piece in Coda Story entitled “How Disinformation Became a New Threat to Women.” It...

Open source investigation requires a constant willingness to adapt and seek out new methods of understanding content. One of its biggest...

Last week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told the American people — and the world — about the United States’ concerns that the Russian government was preparing to invade Ukraine. “As part of its plans,” Psaki said, the Kremlin is “laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating a pretext for invasion” — a false-flag campaign that would lay the blame on Ukraine for instigating the conflict.

After launching mid 2020, 2021 was the Centre for Information Resilience’s first “full” year. It’s certainly been a year of evolution and...