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

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Media Empowerment for Democratic Integrity and Accountability
Internews Network
USAID
8000000
August 11, 2020
August 10, 2025
Indonesia

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Strengthening Civil Society for Sierra Leone Elections
Consortium for Elections & Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS)
USAID
4700000
December 1, 2022
June 30, 2025
Sierra Leone

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Combating MDM in Burkina Faso's Elections
Consortium for Elections & Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS)
USAID
3880026
August 9, 2023
August 8, 2027
Burkina Faso

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How Large-Scale Identification and Intervention Can Empower Professional Fact-Checkers to Improve Democracy and Public Health
University of Wisconsin
School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR)
National Science Foundation
750000
October 1, 2021
August 31, 2023
United States of America

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Daily Watcher Tracking Survey and Monitoring the Effects of Russia-Ukraine War on Public Opinion
Princeton University
Institute for International and Religous Studies
National Science Foundation
497624
March 15, 2023
February 28, 2025
United States of America

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Artificial Intelligence and Network Theory for Elections
Kcore Analytics LLC
National Science Foundation
295000
October 1, 2023
January 31, 2025
United States of America

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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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Immediate Social Media Data Collection in Key Election Contexts
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Public Policy
National Science Foundation
200000
August 1, 2022
July 31, 2023
United States of America

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JamiiCheck: Fact-Checking for Informed Decision-Making in the Tanzanian Elections
Jamii Forums
Department of State
100000
October 7, 2024
October 7, 2025
Tanzania

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