Disinformation is Global. So Are We.

Global Disinformation Lab at the University of Texas at Austin

 

The Global DisInformation Lab (GDIL) was established at The University of Texas at Austin to encourage collaborative interdisciplinary academic research on the global circulation of misinformation, and disinformation. 

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GDIL’s “Cyber Pacific” team receives $250,000 grant from the Army Cyber Institute (ACI) of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point MORE HERE

So What is the Cyber Threat from China, Exactly?

Part 1 of a 5 Part Series Written by Kevin Lentz Despite the abundance of cyber threat data freely...

Bellwether Series 2: Disinformation: Fueling Election Distrust in the American Public in the 21st Century

Austin Merkel, Elizabeth Meyer, Grace Robertson, Simon Rysin, Kuro Tawil, Arthur Yong  In 2016,...

Best Friends Forever – How Humans and AI Can Support Each Other in Interpreting North Korean Media Signals

How does North Korean media spread within foreign audience spheres?  When you think about ChatGPT,...

“Inside VOA” reports on #Connexions Conference

Voice of America was well represented at the recent #Connexions Conference with five of their...

Evergreen: Who We Are, What We Do, and Why

Ev·​er·​green (adj.): universally and continually relevant; not limited in applicability to a...

Bellwether Series 1: Disinformation: Fueling Election Distrust in the American Public in the 21st Century

Austin Merkel, Elizabeth Meyer, Grace Robertson, Simon Rysin, Kuro Tawil, Arthur Yong The...

#Connexions Conference April 10-12

April 10-12, 2023Bass Lecture HallSRH Building on the UT Austin CampusGDIL Featured April 10th...

Adam Hanzel and Kiril Avramov Published in Journal of Illiberalism Studies

Using digital humanities methodology, Adam Hanzel and Dr. Kiril Avramov seek to analyze the...

Team Pravda published in “Forum for Ukrainian Studies”

Team Pravda recently published "Putin the historian: Russian disinformation narratives around...

UT’s Daily Texan features work of Team Evergreen’s Global Disinformation Policy Database

The Daily Texan, the official newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin, featured an article...

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About GDIL

The Global DisInformation Lab (GDIL) was established in 2020 at the University of Texas at Austin to encourage collaborative interdisciplinary academic research on the global circulation of a broad spectrum of information, misinformation, and disinformation via digital media.

Our faculty and student affiliates are committed to promoting a deeper understanding of national and regional contexts in which such information is generated as well as the ways in which it is harvested, circulated, and weaponized. Our hope is that such research will generate policy recommendations and possible solutions to the looming problems of what many have called the “post-truth” world.  

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