Our Research
As a data-driven organisation, research lies at the core of everything we do. We assess disinformation risk across the open web, study media markets around the world, catalogue brand safety incidents, measure advertising spend, identify policy interventions and more.
Ukraine Conflict Series: ad-funded disinformation, corporate responsibility and policy solutions (Week 4)
GDI continues to track and report on new examples of how disinformation about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is being funded by online advertising. GDI calls for global policy and ad tech companies to take immediate action against the monetisation of disinformation. This report covers examples in English, French, and Spanish.
Disinformation Risk Assessment: The Online News Market in Argentina 2022
GDI’s latest assessment of Argentina’s media market provides an overview of insights into the Argentinian media market and its overall levels of disinformation risk, along with the strengths and challenges the sites face in mitigating disinformation risks.
Ad-Funded Disinformation on the Ukraine Conflict: Ad tech companies, affected brands, policy solutions (Week 3)
GDI continues to track and report on new examples of how disinformation about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is being funded by online advertising. While it is commendable that Google has implemented some article-level demonetisation, further action is needed to effectively disrupt disinformation and its harms. This report covers examples in English, French, and Russian.
Ad Funded Disinformation on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Ad Tech Companies, Brands and Policy
GDI is studying examples of how disinformation about the Russia-Ukraine Conflict is being funded by online advertising. This report covers examples in English, French, Serbian and Russian.
Ad Funded Disinformation on Conflict in Ukraine: Ad tech Companies, Brands and Policy
GDI’s report outlines how a wide range of disinformation about the conflict in Ukraine is being funded by online advertising. This report covers examples in English, Russian, Serbian and Spanish.
The Online News Market in Italy
In collaboration with the Institute of Informatics and Telematics, National Research Council, Pisa, and Sapienza University of Rome, the GDI has released a new study on the disinformation risk ratings for 34 of Italy’s most popular news sites.