Federal Awards for “Mis-, Dis-, or Malinformation” and other content moderation initiatives, 2010-2025

This database is a collection of over 850 awards issued by the U.S. federal government from 2010 to 2025 covering the topics of “mis-, dis-, or malinformation” and other forms of content moderation such as combating hate speech. Read more about this project and our methodology here.

An article further outlining this project can be found here. A collection of visualizations of this data is available here. A report by The Free Press also features our research.

This database is current as of April 15, 2025 and we seek to keep it up to date as much as possible. If you come across awards that should be listed here, or information that is incorrect, please let us know.

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Countering Misinformation from U.S. Adversaries
Peraton Inc
Department of Defense
979000000
August 11, 2021
August 11, 2026
United States of America

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Partnering With National Organizations to Increase Vaccination Coverage Across Different Racial and Ethnic Adult Populations
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
80092486
April 30, 2021
April 29, 2026
United States of America

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Education and Awareness Campaign to Promote Vaccination Coverage Among Latinos
Unidos US
Esperanza Hope for All campaign
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
22403996
February 1, 2021
March 24, 2025
United States of America

Federal award

Washington Digital Equity Plan: A Cybersecurity, Online Privacy and Media Literacy Education Initiative for Underserved Populations
Washington State Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
16000000
January 1, 2025
December 31, 2029
United States of America

Federal award

Central Asia Media Program (CAMP)
Internews Network
USAID
15000000
October 1, 2018
September 30, 2023
Kazakhstan

Federal award

Supporting Election Security for CISA
Cybermedia Technologies (CTEC)
Department of Homeland Security
14395092
September 24, 2021
September 23, 2024
United States of America

Federal award

Developing Technologies to Detect, Attribute, and Combat Automated Disinformation Attacks
SRI International
Department of Defense
11987986
July 22, 2020
December 31, 2024
United States of America

Federal award

Developing Technologies to Detect, Attribute, and Characterize Falsified Multi-Modal Media for Defending Against Disinformation Attacks
PAR Government Systems Corporation
Department of Defense
11223430
June 17, 2020
December 31, 2024
United States of America

Federal award

Fighting Misinformation about Vaccines Activity
Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees inc. Ukrainian Catholic University & Ukrainian Ministry of Health
USAID
10692453
July 1, 2018
June 30, 2024
Ukraine

Federal award

Media Viability Accelerator: Contributing to Misinformation-Resilient Societies
Internews Network
USAID
10600000
September 25, 2023
September 24, 2026
United States of America

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          // If the next/previous modal is already loaded, show it
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        const key = e.keyCode;
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          currentModal.find(".btn-next").click();
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    // Remove existing event handlers and backdrops to prevent duplicates
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    $('.modal-backdrop').remove();

    // Attach the event handler to the document for both click and keydown events
    $(document).on("click keydown", handleModalNavigation);
  }

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