Roberta Braga, Executive Director of the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas joined Dr. Inga Trauthig, Head of Research, Propaganda Research Lab at the Center for Media Engagement, Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin; Cameron Martel, PhD Candidate, Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dave Willner, Non-Resident Fellow, Stanford Program on Governance of Emerging Technologies, Stanford University; and Jaime Longoria, Manager of Research and Training, Disinfo Defense League, Media Democracy Fund for this conversation as a part of NALEO's Defiende La Verdad series of convenings.

DDIA launches The Periodistas Edition of the Latinos, Media, and Democracy program, an 8-week, no-cost, series of workshops designed to support journalists and content producers with the tools and knowledge they need to understand, cover, and counter disinformation in Latino communities in the United States.

Roberta Braga, DDIA Founder and Executive Director, spoke at a public roundtable discussion at Concordia Americas. The session explored innovative strategies aimed at fostering a rule of law that harmonizes security and human rights, ensuring a more equitable, stable, and just future for the region.

Roberta Braga, DDIA Executive Director, joined A Perfect Storm: Defining MDM and Exploring the Risk Factors that Lead to Its Spread Among Latinos to discuss the factors that lead to MDM's spread among Latinos, and shed light on efforts to strike the right balance between ensuring information integrity and protecting free speech.

DDIA Executive Director Roberta Braga joined a group of experts from civil society and community groups to discuss the challenges our current digital media ecosystem presents for understanding and engaging Latino communities in politics.

DDIA Executive Director Roberta Braga and DDIA Research Consultant Cristina Tardaguila briefed a group of Latin American journalists on key information trends, narratives, and online harms impacting the LGTBQ+ community online across the U.S. and Latin America.

DDIA research consultant Cristina Tardaguila shared insights from polling and narrative analysis research on disinformation and propaganda in Latino spaces online as part of a larger conversation on recent shifts in our society and implications this has on media ecosystems for the Hispanic/Latino community as a whole.

On March 22, Roberta Braga, DDIA Executive Director, joined Brandy Zadrozny (NBC News), Bridget Todd (There are No Girls on the Internet podcast), and Joan Donovan (Boston University) to explore how civil society is working to combat media manipulation and disinformation by building counter-narrative strategies.