Made for the feed: how AI slop reshapes what we know
AI content is often not designed to deceive anyone – it’s designed to satisfy the recommender algorithms that decide what we see. Philip Di Salvo argues that ‘AI slop’ is reshaping the information ecosystem itself, with the sharpest consequences falling on those least able to be heard.
The infrastructure of trust: AI, information integrity and accountability in crisis
CDAC’s three workstreams – Community Engagement and Accountability, Information Integrity, and AI – are not three separate agendas. They are three aspects of the same underlying question that has always driven CDAC’s work: who has power over information, decisions and technology in crises?
Everyone’s problem, no one’s job: the humanitarian response to harmful information
The issue is no longer just the spread of false or manipulative information. It is that the entire architecture through which people encounter and interpret information is shifting at speed – and humanitarian institutions are struggling to keep pace.
‘Nothing about us, without us’ : Why displacement camps need their own kind of journalism by DW Akadamie
DW Akademie’s Aarni Kuoppamäki points to the vital importance of community-led communication as an accountability function ahead of this year’s CDAC Network Public Forum on 10 December 2025.
Beyond messaging and debunking: information integrity starts with local journalism by Fondation Hirondelle
Sacha Meuter and Jacqueline Dalton highlight the essential role of local journalism in countering the spread of harmful information in crisis contexts and in playing a preventive role ahead of conflicts. Ahead of this year’s CDAC Network Public Forum on 10 December 2025, we’ll be hearing from voices on what they want to talk about at the event.
The common threat, the common good: why journalists and humanitarians need to work more together
Transparency and Accountability cannot be achieved alone. Humanitarians and journalists need each other, says Stijn Aelbers. Ahead of this year’s CDAC Network Public Forum on 10 December 2025, we’ll be hearing from voices on what they want to talk about at the event.
Strengthening Sudan's humanitarian information environment with AI
When AI is used to design and disseminate disinformation campaigns, can it also help detect and respond to them?
CDAC Network and Valent are working together to figure out how AI expertise can be used for good, by connecting the technical expertise with actors on the ground in Sudan.
CDAC Network’s 2025 Public Forum & AGA– Information in Crisis
This year’s CDAC Network Public Forum and AGA is coming to Bonn, Germany, on 10-12 December 2025! Held in partnership with the German Forum on Media Development (FOME) – hosted by DW Akademie and Fondation Hirondelle. Register now for tickets!
What’s AI doing to information airways in conflict and crises?
Generative artificial intelligence is a new dimension to the old problem of disinformation. It has made the issue much more complicated, particularly for people affected by conflict and crises. How should humanitarians respond?
Is truth the first casualty? The role of communication in crisis and humanitarian action
Video and key takeaways from CDAC Network’s panel at Humanitarian Xchange 2024, featuring Ahmed Al Khameri (Chemonics), Annie Slemrod (The New Humanitarian), Meg Sattler (Ground Truth Solutions) and Stijn Aelbers (Internews).