DDoS Lab — Laboratory to Combat Disinformation and Hate Speech in Networked Communication Systems
Research

DDoS Lab — Laboratory to Combat Disinformation and Hate Speech in Networked Communication Systems

DDoS Lab is a research initiative on the circulation of hate speech and disinformation and the monitoring of online extremism.

  • Status: Ongoing
  • Period: 2021–Present
  • Funding: Parliamentary Amendment No. 27760014/2021, Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 7,684, of June 29, 2021 (Chamber of Deputies) — parliamentarian: Alessandro Molon; INCT.dd Equipment Internal Call 2024; PIBITI/CNPq Scholarship
  • Principal Investigator: Viktor Chagas
  • Team: Viktor Chagas (coordination), Mavi Braga (PIBITI/CNPq scholarship holder) and coLAB team

DDoS Lab is a model agency and innovation and research laboratory focused on combating disinformation and hate speech in the digital environment, with a specific emphasis on identifying and monitoring coordinated political actions, inauthentic behavior and the circulation of attacks on politicians and citizens in general, and anti-democratic messages on social media and private messaging services. Its main goal is to lead digital forensic investigation, social network analysis and big data initiatives in tracking the multiplatform activity of extremist groups.

Access the DDoS Lab reports