Global Disinformation Index

[aurum]

I was pleasantly surprised to find out about the Global Disinformation Index today. They are a nonpartisan, non-profit dedicated to combating disinformation worldwide. I have not done a deep dive on their methodology, but a cursory overview at least suggests they are doing some seriously good work.

You can do a search to see how the media in your country is doing. Here is a brief summary of their full report on the United States from 2022:

https://www.disinformationindex.org/research/2022-10-21-brief-disinformation-risk-in-the-united-states-online-media-market-october-2022/

 

What's interesting is that I found out about the GDI through Rand Paul's speech today about supposed "fraud" that DOGE is finding. He was very upset that USAID had given money to GDI and claimed they "blacklisted" conservative media. In reality, what happened was the GDI had determined that liberal media sources were the least risky for disinformation, while conservative media was the most risky.

 

So be sure to add this index into your collection of indexes to improve your political IQ. Politics is not just your opinion. We can do determine higher from lower, truthful from less truthful, information from disinformation, more evolved from less evolved. And these kind of indexes consistently prove it.

[Rafael Thundercat]

Nice you put this here now. i was just digesting all the thing being said by all sort of people about all that is happening now in America. And it came to me that although what many people say may have some piece of truth or perpespective, the real truth is that America is a complex ecosystem, and we love to over-simplify complexity in order to avoid frying our little daily energy. So in the end a lot is lost in objectivity. 

I take for exemple my body. If I am having some health problem I can sit and wonder for years what is going on wrong. Or I can make exams, check imbalances in my nutrient intake and exercise, lack of sun, limphatic system,nervous system regulation,emotions,chackas balanced etc.. overall the good health can be achieved not in perfection but enogth to be considered good and functional. 

In the case of a body of a country the question is: How can we be the most objetive possible? What metrics to pay attention, of course not all can be quantified, but what I mean is, to be able to see through noise we would need to be first super objective, and more, having in account the data we dont have acess. 

Without objectivity we get lost in a ocean of opinions, and second to a video of Ezra Klein, one of the tatics of this folks is to confuse by overflowing the field with a lot to process. 

[Rafael Thundercat]

@aurum  I dont know if The Guardian is a good source but here it goes:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/far-right-mps-fake-news-misinformation-left-study?utm_source=instagramthreads&utm_campaign=threads_gu

[aurum]

22 minutes ago, Rafael Thundercat said:

@aurum  I dont know if The Guardian is a good source but here it goes:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/far-right-mps-fake-news-misinformation-left-study?utm_source=instagramthreads&utm_campaign=threads_gu

Great article with a great study. 

The Guardian is usually a quality source. I see that they've added a note that they plan to continue to hold Trump accountable. We certainly need that right now.

[Loving Radiance]

Amazing find! Insightful articles about many different countries.