Following the shooting of Donald Trump, Tre’vell Anderson and Max Fisher took a look at past assassination attempts in the U.S. and abroad to explain why surviving violent attacks does not guarantee an election victory. Has any politician successfully leveraged these assaults for political gain? Which US president survived two assassination attempts in one month? How would this have played out if Trump were in office? DDIA Executive Director Roberta Braga joined them to discuss the 2018 stabbing of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil.

As the U.S. deals with misinformation online following the Trump shooting, a look at a case out of Brazil can help society stay vigilant and alert, write Roberta Braga and Cristina Tardáguila from The Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA).

This DDIA eight-point guide aims to leverage lessons learned from the stabbing of Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro to offer partners insights on how to potentially cover and best react to misinformation spreading around the assassination attempt against Former President Donald.

Unsubstantiated claims about what took place at a rally in Butler, Pa., immediately flooded social media after the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump.

Latino voters will be one of the most decisive demographics in the 2024 presidential election. But many are being bombarded with misleading information about politics.

The Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA) released new poll findings of U.S. Latinos’ familiarity and belief in misinformation, trust in election stakeholders, and sentiments about AI leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

The Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA) partnered with YouGov to conduct a nationally representative poll of 3,000 Latino adults that explored questions of: 1) Familiarity and belief in misinformation in the 2024 context, 2) The role of political identities and values in relation to engagement with misinformation, 3) Levels of trust in institutions and the electoral process, and 4) Perceptions about artificial intelligence’s influence in the online world. 

On this installment of Marketplace Tech’s limited series “Decoding Democracy,” Lily Jamali and Marketplace Senior Washington Correspondent Kimberly Adams discuss Spanish-language election disinformation in online spaces. DDIA Founder and Executive Director Roberta Braga explains what kinds of false election narratives have appeared in these spaces.