Newsletter / Andy Burnham and Doomsday Cults openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 20 June 2026 By openDemocracy / 20 Jun 2026
Investigation / Inside the doomsday ‘cult’ spreading climate disinformation to global leaders In Parliaments, TikTok and COP summits, AllatRa spread claims that greenhouse gases are not main cause of climate crisis By Julián Reingold and Ignacio Conese / 19 Jun 2026
Analysis / Russia tried to discredit Milei in Argentina, but ended up damaging its media instead Disinformation is never harmless. The fictions spread by Russian operatives across dozens of Argentine media outlets exposed a vulnerability that remains unaddressed By Diana Cariboni / 22 May 2026
News / EU ‘strips’ anti-abortion charity of funding after openDemocracy exposé NGO said it could lose EU cash after we revealed it won reproductive health grant despite abortion disinformation By Sian Norris / 18 Nov 2025
Opinion / Musk, Zuckerberg and Trump all target Brazil in disinformation war After Trump 2.0, these powerful men have eyes on Brazil next. Here’s what can be done to defend our democracy By Natalia Viana / 14 Jan 2025
News / Government has no evidence for key attack lines against Labour councils Transport secretary Mark Harper claimed local authorities were trying to ‘police people’s lives’ using ‘15-minute cities’ By Lizzie Dearden / 21 Nov 2023
Opinion / Trump and Big Tech are setting the tone for a violent 2024 election season Tech giants' hands-off approach to disinformation does not bode well at a time of growing political violence By Chrissy Stroop / 30 Aug 2023
News / Hungary’s ‘perfect propaganda machine’ attacks women, report finds New report highlights gendered disinformation online and calls for women-centred reform of social media platforms By Lucy Martirosyan / 22 Mar 2023
Analysis / Brasil inova na luta global contra as fake news Após anos de toxicidade digital, o país se empenha em mostrar ao mundo como combater a desinformação By Robert Muggah and Mac Margolis / 10 Feb 2023
News / Government ‘misinformation’ unit flagged investigative journalism and critics Exclusive: openDemocracy investigation on Westminster secrecy was monitored by shadowy Cabinet Office unit By Jenna Corderoy / 1 Feb 2023
Analysis / Brazil breaks new ground in the global fight against fake news After enduring years of online toxicity, Brazil now wants to show the world how to crack down on disinformation By Robert Muggah and Mac Margolis / 30 Jan 2023
News / Twitter firings have ‘serious consequences’ for rights, campaigners warn Twitter’s disbanding of its Africa office and human rights team poses a threat to information across the continent By Soita Khatondi Wepukhulu / 11 Nov 2022
