Center for Democracy & Information Integrity

Media

Selected press coverage, articles, videos, and talks featuring CDI members’ research—a curated collection, distinct from the running feed on News.

In the media

AI swarms threaten democracy

BI News · January 2026 · featuring Jonas R. Kunst

Coverage of the Science article co-led by co-director Jonas R. Kunst (with SINTEF’s Daniel Thilo Schroeder and a team including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa) on how coordinated “swarms” of agentic AI can fabricate grassroots consensus, evade detection, and erode democratic institutions—and what platform- and model-side defenses could counter them.

What can we do about misinformation?

BI Business Review · 29 January 2025 · by Anton Gollwitzer

On why falsehoods are so seductive, what an LLM analysis of a century of U.S. presidential speeches reveals about the rise of “assertive falsehoods,” the real-world cost of misinformation (from COVID-19 outcomes to political violence), and which interventions—warning labels, media-literacy tips, social-norm nudges—actually curb its spread.

Terrorism is propaganda

BI Business Review · February 2017 · featuring Nick Sitter

Member Nick Sitter on terrorism as a communication strategy—how violent actors use fear and media to shape public perception, and what that means for democratic resilience.

Faculty interview: Suzanne van Gils

BI · Department of Communication and Culture

A conversation with member Suzanne van Gils on ethical and respectful leadership, moral identity, and the integrity processes that underpin trust in organizations.

Videos & talks

Algorithmic Battlefields: How Cyborg Propaganda and AI Swarms Threaten Democracy

The Hidden Dangers of Misinformation: How Falsehoods Shape Our World and Fuel Violence

How Intellectual Humility Can Help Reduce False Beliefs and Misinformation

Podcasts