Maria Giovanna Sessa

Regulatory challenges & gaps in addressing systemic platform abuse

Election-integrity/FIMI monitoring across four countries reveals regulatory gaps in addressing systemic platform abuse.

Mapping algorithmic amplification: transparency challenges and lessons from Germany

Examines transparency challenges in studying algorithmic amplification, drawing lessons from the German context.

Polish Election Country Report 2025

A 28-organisation assessment of FIMI during Poland’s 2025 presidential elections, finding persistent foreign operations (Doppelganger, Operation Overload) and domestic amplification of anti-Ukrainian, anti-EU and anti-establishment narratives, whose impact was constrained by public resilience and active civil-society responses.

Assessing cost-effectiveness: responses to the Doppelganger operation

Assesses responses to the Russian Doppelganger operation that clones media outlets and spreads links/ads across X, Facebook and Telegram.

Disinformation on X: research and content moderation policies

Factsheet documenting how disinformation on X is researched and how the platform's content-moderation policies operate.

Disinformation on Facebook: research and content moderation policies

Factsheet documenting how disinformation on Facebook is researched and how the platform's content-moderation policies operate.

Platforms' policies on climate change misinformation (V1)

Maps how the five platforms address climate misinformation, revealing uneven and weak climate-specific rules.

Facebook Hustles: The Belgian spin-off

Deep-dive into a scam network of 1,500+ Facebook ads luring users to fake media sites impersonating Belgian outlets and politicians.

Platforms' policies on health misinformation

Maps and compares how five major platforms address health misinformation in their policies.