DDIA’s Senior Consultant Researcher participated in the 2025 Science Journalism Forum, presenting findings from our study on Spanish-language cancer misinformation. The research analyzed over 27,000 posts across major social media platforms, revealing how false narratives spread and affect Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking communities.

DDIA’s REDESCover newsletter features emerging narratives and updates about information disorder spreading in Latino spaces online in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Accede a guías de referencia para comunicadores de primera línea que interactúan con comunidades latinas en Estados Unidos. Estos consejos para crear contenido que perdure se basan en los hallazgos de “Conversaciones con latinos: ¿Qué hace que el contenido permanezca? Cómo los latinos en EE. UU. navegan el ecosistema digital de información actual,” un estudio cualitativo realizado por el Instituto para la Democracia Digital de las Américas (DDIA), en alianza con Factchequeado, que exploró cómo las comunidades latinas experimentan el panorama digital de información en la actualidad.

Access reference guides for front-line communicators engaging Latino communities in the United States. These tips for creating content that sticks are based on findings from "Conversations with Latinos: What Makes Content Stick? How U.S. Latinos Navigate Today’s Digital Information Ecosystem," a qualitative study by the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA), in partnership with Factchequeado, that explored how Latinos experience today’s digital information landscape.

DDIA’s Executive Director, Roberta Braga, joined a Chatham House panel in London to discuss Brazil’s role in leading the BRICS bloc amid shifting global dynamics and U.S. trade policies, highlighting the country’s potential influence in shaping multilateral cooperation and global governance.

“Conversaciones con Latinos” explora cómo los latinos en Estados Unidos viven el mundo digital actual: desde el tipo de contenido que prefieren consumir en redes sociales hasta las formas en que detectan información dañina, perciben el contenido generado por IA y comprenden el papel de las grandes tecnológicas en la democracia. Realizado por el Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA) en alianza con Factchequeado, este estudio cualitativo combina paneles en línea y entrevistas en profundidad.

Our Founder and Executive Director, Roberta Braga, served as a panelist at the MIT Solve Challenge, an annual event in New York City that unveils Solve’s latest cohort of innovators and highlights their solutions to pressing global challenges.

The Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA), in partnership with Factchequeado, today releases “Conversations with Latinos: What Makes Content Stick?” a report on how U.S. Latinos navigate today’s digital information ecosystem. Drawing from qualitative boards and in-depth interviews, the study reveals Latinos’ digital habits, trust cues, perceptions of online harms and AI-generated content, and Big Tech’s role in democracy. The findings offer actionable insights for journalists, policymakers, creators, and platforms seeking to produce more engaging, relatable, and impactful content for Latino communities.