Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change

USDA restores climate-related information to its websites

Following a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for wiping information from its websites on climate-smart farming and other conservation content, the USDA has reversed course and agreed to restore the webpages.  The move came after Earthjustice and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council and the…

Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change

The Brazilian government, the United Nations and UNESCO are joining forces to strengthen research and measures to address disinformation campaigns that are delaying and derailing climate action.

GIJN: 5 Free Open Source Digital Tools to Combat Disinformation

From a Global Investigative Journalism Network Post by Marta Szpacenkopf: Brazil’s Institute for the Development of Journalism, or Projor for its initials in Portuguese, launched the second phase of the Innovation Fund to Combat Disinformation (Codesinfo), focused on the dissemination of five open-source digital tools created to strengthen the fight against online disinformation. Developed by Brazilian media outlets in late 2024, the solutions a…

5 Free Open Source Digital Tools to Combat Disinformation

Developed by Brazilian media outlets in late 2024, the solutions are available free of charge to any journalistic organization inside and outside Brazil.