Press

  • European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

    The European Environmental Bureau showcased findings from our "Truth, Lies and Culture Wars" report, highlighting the role of misinformation in social media debates about meat and dairy. The article presents our findings as a call to action, stressing the need for consumers to critically evaluate such information, which is essential for moving towards a sustainable food future.

  • Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR)

    Our recent report uncovering the extent of dairy and beef misinformation on social media was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio's "The Morning Show." The segment discusses how our findings demonstrate the significant underestimation of environmental harm caused by the meat and dairy industry in online narratives.

  • Communicating Climate Change

    How do we use our tools to approach climate change and phenomena like climate anxiety? Listen to our conversation with Dickon Bonvik Stone on the Communicating Climate Change podcast.

  • WIRED

    With the Digital Planet team at Tufts University, we tracked hate speech on Twitter before and after Musk took ownership of the company and discovered the negative phenomenon has become increasingly viral.

  • New York Times

    Ahead of the US midterm elections, our research with Tufts University uncovered the fears surrounding false narratives and conspiracy theories that could pollute American political discourse.

  • WHO Europe

    At the WHO Youth for Health Forum, Managing Director Ravi Sreenath participated in a panel, discussing infodemic management and how younger generations can be involved in promoting health and digital literacy.

  • CNET

    Toxicity on Twitter is explored through the activities of the QAnon influencers of the far right. Our work with Tufts University underlines the rise of false conspiracy theories.

  • The Washington Post

    When whispers about Musk’s takeover of Twitter began in early 2022, we worked with Digital Planet at Tufts University to map the emotions of millions of social media posts to uncover the true sentiment about the billionaire’s ownership.

  • POLITICO

    In its Digital Future Daily newsletter, POLITICO featured the findings from our study of over 4 million tweets related to Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.

  • VOX

    Our research detected negative sentiment and spikes in sadness and anger which dominated discussions surrounding Elon Musk’s bid to purchase Twitter.

  • MIT Review

    The reversal of Roe V Wade garnered negative sentiment across millions of social media posts, as our research with the Digital Planet at Tufts University revealed.

  • Forbes

    The value of our large-scale social data and research that explores the main narratives on climate anxiety is noted to fill the gaps on this important mental health topic.

  • NextBillion

    How can we leverage big data to improve mental health in regions like Nigeria following the COVID-19 pandemic? Our investigation touches upon how we can overcome the western-centric focus in mental health research.

  • Boston Globe

    ‘The Toxic Tales of the 2022 Midterms’ report and our collaboration with Tufts University received more coverage, used to underline the negative impact Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has had.

  • Fortune

    Our analysis of trending political narratives across over 4.5 million posts highlights how extremism and toxicity are flourishing on Twitter.

  • Indian Express

    Bhaskar Chakravorti dissects our research on the dangers of Elon Musk’s Twitter and encourages Twitter titans to take a sabbatical from the platform post-acquisition.

  • Fast Company

    Our sentiment analysis, carried out in collaboration with the Digital Planet team at Tufts University, highlights the negative emotions expressed by users on the platform following Musk’s bid to take over Twitter.