Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
For Support Of Research On The Spread And Impact Of Misinformation
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Amount$100,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/18/2017
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
A combination of "digital disruptions" in the U.S. 2016 campaigns — including misinformation campaigns, cyber attacks, news market polarization, and the wide distribution of false reporting on social media — weakened confidence in the integrity of U.S. democratic elections. European actors are now facing similar disruptions in the lead-up to the German elections of September 2017. Empirically, relatively little is known about fake news — where it comes from, how it spreads, and how much it matters. This project will study the impact of these disruptions on the democratic marketplace of ideas in Germany, and engage political, business, and civic leaders in dialogue about how to respond. The real-time examination of the role of fake news in the German election can later be translated back to the U.S. and elsewhere to inform subsequent election cycles.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.stiftung-nv.de
Address
Ebertstr. 2, Berlin, 10117, Germany
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV) is a Berlin-based independent nonprofit think tank for tech policy with a mission to provide political decision makers and the public with unbiased and actionable insights and policy recommendations that help them actively shape the digital transformation in the public interest. This grant provides general operating support. SNV is working to transition into a European think tank that can have policy influence and impact not only in Germany but throughout the European Union. (Strategy: Core Institutions)
for the CyberSecurity Hub
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung is a Berlin-based nonprofit, nonpartisan tech policy think tank with one of Germany’s leading cybersecurity programs. The grant is aimed to strengthen transatlantic cybersecurity policy cooperation and leverage expert networks and opportunities to improve German cybersecurity policy with international spillover effects. The grant will contribute to the resilience and sustainability of Stiftung Neue Verantwortung as a core institution for European and transatlantic cybersecurity policy research and collaboration. (Strategy: Core Institutions)
for the CyberSecurity Hub
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung is a Berlin-based nonprofit, nonpartisan tech policy think tank with one of Germany’s leading cybersecurity programs. The grant is aimed to strengthen transatlantic cybersecurity policy cooperation and leverage expert networks and opportunities to improve German cybersecurity policy with international spillover effects. The grant will contribute to the resilience and sustainability of Stiftung Neue Verantwortung as a core institution for European and transatlantic cybersecurity policy research and collaboration. (Substrategy: Core Institutions)
