Following the shooting of Donald Trump, Tre’vell Anderson and Max Fisher took a look at past assassination attempts in the U.S. and abroad to explain why surviving violent attacks does not guarantee an election victory. Has any politician successfully leveraged these assaults for political gain? Which US president survived two assassination attempts in one month? How would this have played out if Trump were in office? DDIA Executive Director Roberta Braga joined them to discuss the 2018 stabbing of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil.

As the U.S. deals with misinformation online following the Trump shooting, a look at a case out of Brazil can help society stay vigilant and alert, write Roberta Braga and Cristina Tardáguila from The Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA).

Unsubstantiated claims about what took place at a rally in Butler, Pa., immediately flooded social media after the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump.

Latino voters will be one of the most decisive demographics in the 2024 presidential election. But many are being bombarded with misleading information about politics.

On this installment of Marketplace Tech’s limited series “Decoding Democracy,” Lily Jamali and Marketplace Senior Washington Correspondent Kimberly Adams discuss Spanish-language election disinformation in online spaces. DDIA Founder and Executive Director Roberta Braga explains what kinds of false election narratives have appeared in these spaces.

El evento fue impulsado por la Florida International University y coorganizado por TAEDA. Infobae lo transmitió en vivo.

Fue en el marco de la 9° Conferencia de Seguridad Hemisférica, impulsada por la Florida International University y coorganizada por la Fundación TAEDA.

The Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas, a research unit that examines how Latinos navigate the internet, ran several tests asking OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool to help create a chatbot for campaigning purposes, including “to interact in Spanish” and to “target” Latino voters.