This grant was intended to “deliver regular reporting (2-3 times a month with frequency driven by events and depth of investigation) on Covid-19 disinformation and social media.”

“ASPI’s data analysis used an in-house Influence Tracker tool – a machine learning and data analytics capability that draws out insights from multi-language social media datasets. This new tool can ingest data in multiple languages and auto-translate, producing insights on topics, sentiment, shared content, influential accounts, metrics of impact, and posting patterns.”

This project produced at least 10 articles on Covid, Russia, and China-related “conspiracy theories.”