This project is brought to you by the Mapping Italian News Research Program. Starting with the 2018 Italian election, the MINE hosts projects seeking to understand the strategies, tactics, and goals of social media actors seeking to manipulate the Italian public opinion by exploiting the vulnerabilities of the contemporary media ecosystem.

Over the years, the projects carried out under this program have been funded by Open Society Institute in collaboration with con l'Information Program di Open Society Foundations, Social Science Research Council, Media Ecosystems Analysis Group in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Horizon Europe, Ministry of Italian Research and Education.

To know more about the methods and tools that inform this project feel free to browse our recent reports and publications.