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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Rapid-Response Frameworks for Mitigating Online Disinformation
Stanford University
Social Media Lab; Department of Communications
National Science Foundation
648600
October 1, 2021
September 30, 2026
United States of America

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Incorporating Procedural Fairness in Flagging Mechanisms on Social Media Sites
Rutgers University
School of Communication and Information
National Science Foundation
581680
September 15, 2023
April 18, 2025
United States of America

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The New Gatekeepers: Content Moderation and Information Threats in Local Communities
Pennsylvania State University
College of Information Sciences and Technology
National Science Foundation
187289
September 1, 2022
August 31, 2025
United States of America

Federal award

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan 1
NewsGuard Technologies
Small Business Administration
477400
April 7, 2020
United States of America

Federal award

Misinformation Fingerprints
NewsGuard Technologies
U.S. Department of Defense
749387
September 7, 2021
December 8, 2022
United States of America

Federal award

An Incident-Response Approach for Empowering Fact-Checkers
New York University
Tandon School of Engineering
National Science Foundation
396000
May 1, 2022
April 18, 2025
United States of America

Federal award

Curriculum Development to Combat Misinformation
Mississippi State University
U.S. Department of Defense
245000
September 1, 2018
June 14, 2022
United States of America

Federal award

The New Gatekeepers: Content Moderation and Information Threats in Local Communities
Michigan State University
College of Communication Arts & Sciences
National Science Foundation
202655
September 1, 2022
August 31, 2025
United States of America

Federal award

Co-Insights: Fostering Community Collaboration to Combat Misinformation
Meedan
National Science Foundation
5700000
September 15, 2021
September 14, 2024
United States of America

Federal award

Fact Champion: Fact-Checker, Activist, and Academic Collaboration Tools: Combatting Hate & Abuse towards Minorities as well as Misinformation & Propaganda in Online Networks
Meedan
National Science Foundation
749974
September 15, 2021
September 14, 2022
United States of America

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