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Responsibly Supporting Elections on Online Platforms
With a wave of 65 elections across 54 countries coming in 2024, including a US presidential election, the Integrity Institute is releasing a new guide – the first in a planned series – on best practices for online companies to help better support healthy elections across platforms, particularly those who are newer or smaller.
Ranking by Engagement
Tom shares his six observations on ranking by engagement on social media platforms, especially how to understand and measure engagement as negatively related to content quality.
Insights from Data: What the Numbers Tell Us About Elections and Future of Democracy
2024 has 65 elections globally across 54 countries. We won’t see that many again until 2048. Katie Harbath and Ana Khizanishvili share what these numbers from global elections tell us about the future of democracy.
2023 Nigerian Election Misinformation Amplification Analysis
Facebook and Twitter continue to amplify misinformation in Nigeria, with Twitter’s amplification being significantly larger than Facebook’s.
Election Cycle Tracker
The Institute launched a global election cycle tracker that highlights how frequently countries hold elections and when their next ones are scheduled. This tool is part of our Elections Integrity Program, led by Katie Harbath, and was developed by Katie together with Ana Khizanishvili for Anchor Change.
Analysis of Q3 2022 WVCR
Reporting from the WSJ on internal discussions at Facebook show internally, Facebook considers the top content lists this quarter to have “no low quality content” Contrary to that, we see little change in the number of posts that fail basic media literacy checks.
2022 US Midterm Elections Misinformation Amplification Analysis
We do not see any significant difference between the overall MAF and the elections and voting MAF for Facebook and Instagram. But for Twitter, we see a significantly smaller MAF for elections and voting misinfo.
Election Integrity Program Announcement
Thanks to a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Integrity Institute will be running a program supporting the integrity of elections on social media platforms through 2024.
How Social Media Amplifies Misinformation More Than Information
Write up of our misinformation amplification analyses for the Elections Integrity Program in the New York Times.
Misinformation Amplification Analysis Methodology
The methodology behind our quantitative analysis of how the large social media platforms can amplify misinformation through their platform and algorithmic design.
Feed Ranking and Social Harms
Institute founding fellow Naomi Shiffman presented at the George Washington University in October 2022.
A Brief History of Tech and Elections: A 26-Year Journey
An analysis of the public announcements made by technology companies over the past 26 years, including their public messaging about their election roles.
Misinformation Amplification Tracking Dashboard
Our dashboard tracking the Misinformation Amplification Factor across the large platforms. A quantitative assessment of how misinformation is performing on the platforms over time.
Tech Company 2022 Midterm Election Announcements
A graph looking at what topics social media companies have highlighted in their announcements for the U.S. 2022 midterm elections.
Technology Platforms Election Database
A filterable database which contains information from nearly 50 companies about their work on elections across the globe over the past 20 years.
Child Safety Online
Institute co-founder Sahar Massachi delivered the keynote at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in July 2022.
Ranked Feeds and the Harms They Pose
Institute co-founder Sahar Massachi delivered the keynote at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in July 2022.
Analysis of Q2 2022 WVCR
We find that content that violates Facebook’s policies continues to be extremely prevalent among the top content; misinformation continues to be present among the top links on the platform; and the majority of the top content on the platform continues to fail basic media literacy checks.
Sculpting the Future of Social Media through Incentives and Regulation
Institute co-founder Jeff Allen delivered the keynote at the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network in June 2022.