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The Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics produces publications frequently as we uncover the latest in disinformation spaces that affect our democracy. Our content often takes the form of white papers, journal articles, working papers and more as we help policymakers understand digital media’s influence on public dialogue and opinion.
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Designing a New Digital Regulator
Workshop Summary Statement
August 7, 2025
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
Actions for Academia and Civil Society
July 22, 2025
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.
The Case for Transparency
How social media platform data access leads to real-world change.
May 7, 2025
This report makes the 'case for transparency' by presenting a series of influential social media research efforts.
Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing
July 27, 2023
Many critics raise concerns about the prevalence of ‘echo chambers’ on social media and their potential role in increasing political polarization. However, the lack of available data and the challenges of conducting large-scale field experiments have made it difficult to assess the scope of the problem.
Reshares on social media amplify political news but do not detectably affect beliefs or opinions
July 27, 2023
Researchers studied the effects of exposure to reshared content on Facebook during the 2020 US election by assigning a random set of consenting, US-based users to feeds that did not contain any reshares over a 3-month period.
Federal AI Legislation
An Analysis of Proposals from the 117th Congress Relevant to Generative AI tools
June 14, 2023
The following report is an analysis based on a list of “federal legislative proposals pertaining to generative AI.”
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