Information Disorder Lab

The Information Disorder Lab (IDLab) was active at the Shorenstein Center in 2017 and 2018. It was connected to First Draft, which was also incubated at the Shorenstein Center during this period.

The Information Disorder Lab (IDLab) was a project at the Shorenstein Center designed to identify, track, and analyze the spread of mis- and disinformation on the Internet in the lead-up to the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections. The team included Dr. Clare Wardle, Nic Dias, Jim Smith, and others.