Countering Disinformation Guide

The Countering Disinformation Guide, officially Countering Disinformation: The definitive guide to promoting information integrity, is an information management project hosted by the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS). It is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).^[1]

Authors

The Countering Disinformation Guide was authored by Daniel Arnaudo, Bret Barrowman, Julia Brothers, Lisa Reppell, Victoria Scott, Amy Studdart, Kip Wainscott and Vera Zakem, with additional contributions from Otito Greg-Obi, Manuel Wally and Internews.

Its contents were peer-reviewed by Sef Ashiagbor, Gina Chirillo, Ebie Dupont, Alberto Fernandez, Shelby Grossman, Luie Tito Guia, Philip Howard, Nina Jankowicz, Alyson Kozma, Kate Krueger, Jerry Lavery, Arturo Castillo Loza, Rebecca Mackinnon, Molly Middlehurst, Catherine Morris, Sarah Oh, Alina Potts, Bret Schafer, Rakesh Sharma, Erica Shein, Bjarte Tørå, Natalie Trisilla, Chad Vickery and Anastasia Wibawa.^[1:1]

Interventions database

The Countering Disinformation Guide hosts a “Database of Informational Interventions” listing numerous fact-checking and “anti-disinformation” organizations, projects and events, including:^[2]

• 263Chat
• AFP Fact Check
• Africa Check
• African Academy for Open Source Investigation (AAOSI)
• African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL)
• African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA)
• African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR)
• Agência Lupa
• Aggie
• Al Sur
• Alan Turing Institute
• Alt News
• Alternative News Networks
• Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Coopration (ACGRC)
• Animal Político
• Annir
• Aos Fatos
• Arizona State University (ASU)
• Bad News
• BBC News Africa
• Be Internet Awesome
• Beacon Project
• Bellingcat
• BitPress
• Blackbird.AI
• Bolivia Verifica
• BOOM Fact Check
• Bot Sentinel
• Botcheck.me
• Botometer
• BotSlayer
• B.S. Detector
• CaptainFact
• CASE Ukraine
• Cazadores de Fake News
• Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC)
• Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD)
• Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA)
• Certified Content Coalition (CCC)
• ChecaZap
• Check
• Checkology
• Chequea Bolivia
• Chequeado
• Citizen Browser
• Citizen Helpdesks
• Civic Online Reasoning (COR)
• CivicSignal
• Civil Network OPORA
• ClaimBuster
• CNN
• Coalizão Direitos na Rede
• Cofacts
• ColombiaCheck
• Communalytic
• ComProp Navigator
• Comprova
• Computational Propaganda Research Project (COMPROP)
• Confirmado
• Congo Check
• Content Blockchain Project
• Cortico
• CrashCourse
• Credibility Coalition
• CrossCheck
• Dangerous Speech Project
• Debunk.eu
• DeepTrust Alliance
• Defending Digital Democracy Project (D3P)
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Democracy Reporting International (DRI)
• Demos
• Desconfío
• Design 4 Democracy Coalition (D4D)
• Detector Media
• Digital Democracy Charter
• Digital Democracy Monitor
• Digital Democracy Room
• Digital Enquirer Kit
• Digital Ethical Pact
• Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)
• Digital Health Lab
• Digital Polarization Initiative (DigiPo)
• Digital Rights Foundation (DRF)
• Digiteye India
• DIRT Protocol
• Disinfo Defense League
• Disinfo Portal
• Doble Check
• Doğruluk Payı
• Dubawa
• Ecuador Chequea
• Efecto Cocuyo
• El Poder de Elegir
• Election Commission, Nepal
• Election Commission of India
• Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
• Emergent
• Ethical Digital Commitment
• Ethiopia Check
• EU DisinfoLab
• European Union (EU)
• EUvsDisinfo
• Facebook
• Fact Check Nigeria
• Fact Crescendo
• FactBar EDU
• FactCheck Initiative Japan (FIJ)
• FactCheck.org
• Facticious
• The Factual
• Factly
• Factmata
• FactsMatterNG
• Fake News Detector
• Fake Watch Africa
• Fakeblok
• FakerFact
• Fakey
• Fato ou Boato
• Fato ou Fake
• Feminist Frequency
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso Foundation
• FightHoax
• First Draft
• Fiskkit
• Full Fact
• Fuzzify.me
• GhanaFact
• Girl Security
• Glassbox
• Global Disinformation Index (GDI)
• Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)
• Global Network Initiative (GNI)
• Global Right to Information Rating
• Government Communication Service (GCS)
• Hamilton 2.0
• HeartMob
• Hoaxy
• Hypothes.is
• I Am Here International
• Iffy Quotient
• Iffy.news
• Image Verification Assistant
• Information Resistance
• InformNapalm
• Info/tegrity
• Initiative for Media Freedom (IMF)
• Istinomjer
• Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)
• Institute for Technology & Society of Rio (ITS Rio)
• InterLab
• International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)
• International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
• International Partnership for Information and Democracy
• International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED)
• Internews
• InVID
• Iran Disinformation Project
• iStrategyLab (ISL)
• Jigsaw
• Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC)
• Journalism Trust Institute (JTI)
• Knowledge and Rights with Young people through Safer Spaces (KRYSS Network)
• KnowNews
• Kontakt Ukrainian Television Network
• La Liga Contra el Silencio
• La Silla Vacía
• Latam Chequea
• Lead Stories
• Learn to Discern (L2D)
• LEXOTA
• Linterna Verde
• LupaMundi
• Mafindo
• Manila Principles
• MarvelousAI
• Media Bias Fact Check
• Media Manipulation Casebook
• Media Manipulation Initiative
• Media Matters for Pakistan
• Media Program in Ukraine
• MediaBugs
• MediaWell
• MediaWise
• MEMO 98
• Meta Platforms
• Misinformation Detector
• Misión de Observación Electoral (MOE)
• Mnemonic
• Monitor de WhatsApp
• MozCheck
• Mozilla
• Myth Detector
• Name It. Change It.
• Namibia Fact Check
• Não Vale Tudo
• National Democratic Institute (NDI)
• NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
• Nepal Fact Check
• Netvizz
• Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI)
• News Integrity Initiative
• News Literacy Project
• News On Wiki
• News Provenance Project
• NewsCheck
• Newschecker
• NewseumED
• NewsGuard
• NewsQ
• NewsTracker
• Nobias
• NotTheCost
• Open and Disclose
• Our.News
• OwlFactor
• Paris Call
• Pegabot
• PEN America
• Permanent International Media Monitoring Mission on Disinformation about Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora
• PesaCheck
• Pledge for Election Integrity
• Polétika República Dominicana
• PoliDashboard
• PolitiFact
• Polygraph.info
• Pop-Up Newsroom
• Poynter Institute
• Pressland
• Project Certeza
• Project Look Sharp
• Projeto Credibilidade
• Protecting Tunisian elections from digital threats
• Pro-Truth Pledge
• Public Data Lab
• Public Editor
• PubliElectoral
• PUSAD Paramadina
• Quod
• Radar Aos Fatos
• Ranking Digital Rights (RDR)
• Rappler
• Raskrinkavanje
• rbutr
• Reading Together
• Real411
• RefB
• Regional Elections Administration and Political Process Strengthening (REAPPS)
• Reveal Project
• Rooted in Trust (RiT)
• RoveR
• Ruff Ruffman: Humble Media Genius
• Santa Clara Principles
• Sentinel Project
• Share the Facts
• Siberkreasi
• Snopes
• Social Media Analysis Toolkit (SMAT)
• Social Media Hoax Slayer
• Social Media Tracking Centre (SMTC)
• Social Science One
• Socialbakers
• Source Scour
• sourceAFRICA
• Sourceror
• South Asia Check
• Stanford History Education Group
• State University of New York (SUNY)
• StopFake
• Suara Masyarakat
• Sure and Share Center
• Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
• Tactical Tech
• Tagesspiegel
• Taiwan FactCheck Center
• Take Back The Tech
• Tattle
• Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA)
• Teyit
• Think Up Themes
• Tirto.ID
• Troll Factory
• TrollBusters
• TrolleyBust
• The Trust Project
• Trusted Times
• TrustedNews
• TrustServista
• TwitterTrails
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• University of Hong Kong
• Ushahidi
• UYCheck
• Vaccine Safety Project
• Venezuelan Fake News Observatory
• VERA Files
• Verificado
• Verificado.uy
• Verify-Sy
• Vishvas News
• VoxUkraine
• Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD)
• WeVerify
• What's Crap on WhatsApp
• The Whistle
• Who Targets Me
• WikiCred
• Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP)
• WikiUX
• WikiWhatsThis
• Women's Democracy Network (WDN)
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• YouTube DataViewer
• ZimFact

External links

• Website