01
Apr
The new gatekeepers: Auditing how AI models assess authority and define truth among sources
23 min read
Research Findings
27
Feb
The gates before the evidence
A year of field research on how trust forms under censorship, and what it means for anyone publishing on YouTube
5 min read
27
Feb
Full report: Iranian Gen Z on YouTube under censorship and crisis
2 min read
26
Jan
What Iranians told us after the blackout
Emerging from the silence: exhausted, broke, and afraid.
5 min read
13
Jan
How five AI models source Iran-related information in Persian
When AI information retrieval validates bias over evidence.
9 min read
10
Nov
DeepSeek's double life: How we tricked a Chinese chatbot for strike advice the 'free' Western models couldn't give
Freedom from censorship hasn't equaled real-world understanding for Western AI.
9 min read
14
Mar
Global platform blocks: A timeline of recent restrictions
The internet continues to fragment.
13
Jul
An obituary test: AI's (probably unintentional) autocratic leanings in different languages
A simple experiment with AI-generated obituaries uncovers troubling biases in language models that show how they reinforce autocratic narratives across different languages.
3 min read
30
Apr
Central and Eastern Europe Media Leadership Survey Results
The media landscape in Central and Eastern Europe is currently facing a "perfect storm" of challenges, including illiberal regimes, media capture, market failures, and disruptions from big tech, which are destabilizing an already fragile ecosystem.
2 min read
01
Feb
Documenting Kazakhstan’s Internet Throttling Tactics
Five months ago, we received conflicting reports that RFE’s Kazakh newsroom’s websites were not accessible in the country.
1 min read