Designing a New Digital Regulator
IDDP and the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator hosted a summit to discuss the need for a New Digital Regulator.
IDDP Reports
Performing in Autonomy Theater
This study explores how to balance the needs of social media researchers with perspectives of high-profile figures.
From Dashboard to Data Acquisition
Researchers increasingly require data from social media companies to better understand the information environment, product design and social issues.
Designing a New Digital Regulator
IDDP hosted two design thinking workshops with recent civil servants where participants took part in two exercises centered on process-based needs statements.
Ethical Use of Pervasive Data for Research
The IDDP Council for Pervasive Data Ethics - Next Steps for the U.S convened to chart a set of actions to advance ethical practices in computing research.
This report makes the 'case for transparency' by presenting a series of influential social media research efforts.
The European Digital Media Observatory
The following report is an analysis based on a list of “federal legislative proposals pertaining to generative AI.”
Misinformation and Factual Corrections: The Case of the 2020 U.S. Election
From September 2020 through the end of November, researchers conducted eight panel experiments to measure the effects of election-related misinformation.
Towards Statistical Foundations For Detecting Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior On Facebook
Facebook’s community standards disallow “coordinated inauthentic behavior”.
Since the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, a new conspiracy theory has emerged in the United States. According to this theory, a high-ranking federal official known only as “Q” provides...
In October 2018 the major online platforms signed the European Code of Practice on Disinformation, a...
Transparency in Digital Political Advertisements during the 2019 European Parliament Elections
The phenomenon of digital political campaigning has been at the center of global public attention – at...
Suspicious Election Campaign Activity on Facebook
News reports and scholarly research have noted European far-right populist parties are overrepresented...
The disinformation order: Disruptive communication and the decline of democratic institutions
Many democratic nations are experiencing increased levels of false information circulatingthrough...