As AI-generated videos and deepfakes become increasingly sophisticated, the latest episode of Building Community brings together leading voices to explore their impact on disinformation and democracy. The conversation features Roberta Braga, Founder and Executive Director of the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA), who offers key insights on accountability, media literacy, and protecting vulnerable communities, alongside other experts in technology policy and advocacy.

Co-hosted by ITU and the Swiss Confederation and co-organized with UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD, WSIS convened global leaders to reflect on 20 years of progress toward people-centered, equitable digital societies. DDIA Executive Director Roberta Braga attended by special invitation.

DDIA joined the 2025 TAI Learning Days in Berlin during the inaugural Berlin Freedom Week, contributing expertise on information ecosystems, narrative dynamics, and democratic engagement in Global Majority contexts, with a focus on Latino communities in the U.S. and Latin America.

DDIA’s Senior Consultant Researcher participated in the 2025 Science Journalism Forum, presenting findings from our study on Spanish-language cancer misinformation. The research analyzed over 27,000 posts across major social media platforms, revealing how false narratives spread and affect Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking communities.

DDIA’s Executive Director, Roberta Braga, joined a Chatham House panel in London to discuss Brazil’s role in leading the BRICS bloc amid shifting global dynamics and U.S. trade policies, highlighting the country’s potential influence in shaping multilateral cooperation and global governance.

Our Founder and Executive Director, Roberta Braga, served as a panelist at the MIT Solve Challenge, an annual event in New York City that unveils Solve’s latest cohort of innovators and highlights their solutions to pressing global challenges.

Roberta Braga of DDIA joined a panel of advocacy and communications experts at the United Nations to offer lessons learned on approaches to messaging, audience engagement, and campaigning, and practical advice about how the justice community can break out of its communication “bubble.”

DDIA Founder and Executive Director Roberta Braga joined the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York City on September 10, 2025, for its second Illiberal Narratives Workshop.