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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A Training to Empower American Spaces Coordinators in Countering Disinformation
West African Research Center (WARC)
Department of State
6346
September 1, 2023
October 31, 2023
Senegal

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Cross-platform Election Advertising Transparency Initiative (CREATIVE)
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan Media Project (WMP)
National Science Foundation
260201
October 1, 2022
September 30, 2024
United States of America

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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

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Identifying Salient Factors that Influence Physician Practices in Mitigating Patient Misinformation
Wake Forest University
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy; School of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
1344872
June 15, 2024
May 9, 2025
United States of America

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Reducing the Spread of Fake News in Rural Communities of South Africa and Botswana
Vuselela Media
Department of State
76909
November 1, 2021
September 30, 2022
South Africa, Botswana

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Documentary on the Landscape of Disinformation, Propaganda, and Psychological Warfare
Voxpot Z.U.
Department of State
21000
September 30, 2024
March 1, 2025
Czech Republic

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Disinformation Mitigation Capabilities for the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command
VoxCroft Analytics
Department of Defense
74984
April 27, 2023
August 4, 2023
United States of America

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Promoting Accurate Information and Countering Disinformation
Voice of the North [Ao Vocea Nordului]
Department of State
75000
September 15, 2024
March 6, 2025
Moldova

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Supporting the Baltic Media Lab & Mentor Network - Alumni Affairs Disinformation Fund
VitaTiim
Department of State
16850
September 1, 2021
January 31, 2023
Estonia, Latvia

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Education in English Language, New Technologies, and Countering Disinformation
Viljand City Library [Viljandi Linnaraamatukogu]
Department of State
5650
October 1, 2021
September 30, 2022
Estonia

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