MediaWell: Live research from the digital edges of democracy

by Sheelah Kolhatkar

June 15, 2022

Mickelwait pulled out her laptop, created a dummy e-mail account, and uploaded a video of a darkened corner of her…

by Sarah E. Needleman

May 15, 2022

Elon Musk’s tweet saying his planned Twitter Inc. acquisition was on hold put the spotlight on questions about fake accounts,…

by Jackson Cote

April 5, 2022

In mid-March, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine crept into its third week, an unusual video started making the rounds…

by Jonathan Chadwick

March 30, 2022

Many people believe they can easily spot fake news online, but a new report suggests we may not be as…

by Alex Hern

March 21, 2022

A new TikTok account can be shown falsehoods about the Ukraine war within minutes of signing up to the app,…

by Rachel Baig

March 18, 2022

Manipulated videos designed to make it look as if someone said or did something they did not — known as…

by Taylor Hatmaker

March 17, 2022

Meta removed an altered video falsely depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordering troops to surrender Wednesday. The video is the…

by Billy Perrigo and Vera Bergengruen

November 12, 2021

In May 2019, a video purporting to show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi inebriated, slurring her words as she gave a speech…

by Nilesh Christopher

October 22, 2021

Umang Agarwal is a Hrithik Roshan superfan. For the past five years, he’s run a YouTube channel dedicated to the…

by Kenneth Dickerman

October 18, 2021

Photographer Jonas Bendiksen’s newest book, ”The Book of Veles” (Gost, 2021), raises some really tough questions. At its most basic…