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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Identifying the Building Blocks of China’s Information Campaigns
ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Department of State
500000
September 30, 2022
July 19, 2024
Australia

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Persuasive Technologies in China: Implications for the Future of National Security
ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Department of State
500000
March 1, 2023
April 30, 2025
Australia

Federal award

Identifying the Building Blocks of China’s Information Campaigns
ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Department of State
420011
September 1, 2021
August 31, 2023
Australia

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Understanding China’s Influence on the Pacific Islands' Online Information Environment
ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Department of State
297621
November 1, 2021
March 31, 2023
Australia

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Providing Researchers in Europe & Latin America With Tools & Techniques to Research China Issues
ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Department of State
249992
October 1, 2020
July 15, 2022
Australia

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Reporting Covid-19 Disinformation & Social Media Manipulation
ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute
International Cyber Policy Centre
Department of State
75000
July 20, 2020
October 31, 2020
Australia

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Covid-19 Disinformation & Social Media Manipulation
ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Department of State
69452
November 2, 2020
September 30, 2021
Australia

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