CIR Archives

Nov 16

Let’s talk about mental health

Jul 18

Launching Sudan Shahid: documenting violence and its impact on civilians in Sudan

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.

Human rights Afghanistan Taliban

May 18

Afghan Witness launch map to monitor human rights in Afghanistan

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

Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Women in Activism, Media, and Politics Disinformation

Mar 28

Reflecting on Five Years of Work on Gendered Disinformation

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

May 3

Using virtual reality in open source investigations

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

Feb 2

The West has gotten savvier about Russian disinformation. Will that help Ukraine?

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.