Reports & resources

Communicating Through Disinformation

This high-level resource is designed for communications and engagement professionals. It outlines critical systems and tools for building organisational resilience to disinformation-based targeting.

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White Paper

Opportunism and Polarisation: Presentations of the violence in Israel and Palestine by Aotearoa disinformation networks

In November 2023, The Disinformation Project released a White Paper which captured themes within Aotearoa New Zealand’s disinformation ecologies related to violence and conflict in Palestine and Israel between 7-23 October.

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Race and Rage

Examining rising Anti-Māori racism and white supremacist ideologies in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The research, conducted from June to September 2023, shows this pre-election period is characterised by increased antagonism and tension on issues of co-governance, contributing to offline violence.

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Dangerous speech, misogyny, and democracy

A review of the impacts of dangerous speech since the end of the Parliament Protest, particularly misogyny, from March 2022 to August 2022.

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Disinformation and the 2023 NZ General Election

A short, accessible toolkit to help the general public understand disinformation as a phenomenon and the risks it poses to electoral democracy.

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The murmuration of information disorders

A working paper designed to help social media companies, journalists, academia, policymakers and civil society to identify, understand, unpack and meaningfully respond to information disorders.

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Transgressive Transitions

Transphobia, community building, bridging, and bonding within Aotearoa New Zealand’s disinformation ecologies March-April 2023.

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Mis and disinformation

A working paper on the trends of misinformation and disinformation observed from August 2021 to November 2021.

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