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What do governments mean by “disinformation”—and what do they do about it? Today I’m launching the Global Disinformation Policy Database Explorer, a project I led at UT Austin. Explore: www.disinfo-policy.org

disinfo-policy.orgGlobal Disinformation Policy DatabaseAn open-access, cross-national database of how governments address disinformation, misinformation, and related information disorder: national-level policies from 2000 to 2023, hand-coded across 53 var...

Ryan Williams

@activationlayer.org

9 Sept

364 policies. 132 countries + the European Union. 2000–2023. Governments can use the same word while targeting different information, behaviors, and harms. The GDPD records those differences, alongside policy instruments, institutions, and liabilities.

Ryan Williams

@activationlayer.org

Ireland’s Electoral Reform Act distinguishes disinformation from misinformation partly through intent. Compare those definitions, examine the policy, and follow its sources to the original text. www.disinfo-policy.org/definitions

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Ryan Williams

@activationlayer.org

9 Sept

Other ways in: explore a country’s policies, find education and institutional-support approaches, or trace early responses to deepfakes. The underlying data are open for your own research: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

Thank you to the dozens of student researchers who contributed through UT Austin’s Global Disinformation Lab and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. I’m excited to put this work into people’s hands.