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Rebuilding Trust
on the Social Internet

We are a research collective that designs open access tools and conducts research to cultivate transparency and authenticity online.

250M +
Global news audiences reached

SimPPL is a nonprofit focused on rebuilding digital trust using responsible AI education and practice through a community of 200+ engineers and interdisciplinary researchers. We educate AI practitioners and develop AI platforms for detecting and combating digital harm, and making reliable information accessible to the global majority. Our work has been awarded by Google, Mozilla, Wikipedia, MIT, and engages partners including newsrooms, civil society orgs., and UN agencies across several countries.


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Monitor

Track the spread of information and identify coordinated networks promoting online misinformation.

Measure

Estimate the impact of digital campaigns and media on global audiences.

Mitigate

Limit harms via interventions promoting digital literacy for vulnerable populations.

Impact we created
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Projects Delivered

  • Tech Global Institute system in Bangladesh
  • Deutsche Welle newsroom strategies
  • Invited talk at Deutsche Welle Akademie
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Awards Received

  • Belfer Fellowship (ADL)
  • ExploreCSR (Google)
  • AI2Amplify Hackathon prize
  • Future Founders selection
  • Wikimedia grant funding
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Reports Published

  • Disinformation Landscape for Newsrooms (with Deutsche Welle)
  • Threat Actors on Twitter with Ippen Media
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Grants and Funding

  • USD in grants and funding from various sources, including Anti-Defamation League, Google, Amazon, The Sunday Times, and Ippen Media.