Research
The Integrity Institute’s research comes directly from the people who know platforms best—550+ trust and safety professionals from 80+ tech companies. We transform their expertise into original research, industry best practices, and policy guidance.
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Social Media and the Spread of Harmful Content
Institute co-founder Jeff Allen presented to physicians at the Oakland Department of Psychiatry in June 2022.
Deep Dive on Inauthentic Facebook Network (Q1 2022 WVCR)
Recording of a live working session: 15 integrity professionals investigate the inauthentic network behind "alltrendytees.com", the 9th most viewed domain in Facebook's Widely Viewed Content Report for Q1 2022.
Analyses of Q4 2021 – Q1 2022 WVCRs
We have analyzed Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report and evaluated the most viewed content on Facebook from a media literacy perspective.
Open Letter to Elon Musk
We agree that transparency, ethics, and free expression are keys to Twitter’s future. Here’s how you can make that happen.
WVCR Tracking Dashboard
For all of the Facebook Widely Viewed Content Reports, we are keeping track of various data and statistics, including what fraction of posts pass basic media literacy checks, like identity transparency and original content production.
Ranking and Design Transparency
In this presentation, we help you understand how the platforms are designed and how their ranking algorithms work.
Metrics and Transparency
Here we’ll help you understand the scale and cause of harms occurring on social media platforms.