Press

Our work has been featured in leading outlets such as WIRED, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Forbes, highlighting our expertise in areas ranging from climate misinformation and political polarization to public health narratives and digital trust. Through collaborations with academic institutions and international organizations, we continue to inform and influence conversations on some of the most pressing issues of our time.

  • The Empathy Project

    Our findings on misinformation campaigns around meat and dairy from Truth, Lies and Culture Wars were cited by The Empathy Project in its piece on how these campaigns are used to delay climate and health progress.

  • Forbes

    Forbes featured our investigation into climate change misinformation conducted in partnership with Texas A&M University. The research examined how misinformation circulates on the underexplored professional platform LinkedIn, with a project that involved students directly in analyzing denial narratives—enhancing their media literacy capabilities while studying these sophisticated tactics that focus on undermining climate solutions and scientific consensus.

  • FoodFacts.org

    FoodFacts.org cited our findings from the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report in their recent article examining how health misinformation spreads online and influences consumer choices.

  • Check First

    Check First covered Ripple Research’s presentation at the EU DisinfoLab 2024 conference, where we highlighted how meat consumption misinformation campaigns are used to undermine climate-friendly dietary shifts.

  • Green Queen

    Green Queen featured our findings from the New Merchants of Doubt report. We explored how misinformation in social media conversations shaped the debate around Italy’s cultivated meat ban.

  • Modern Farmer

    Our findings on misinformation campaigns about meat and dairy were featured in Modern Farmer’s piece on political and cultural attacks against cultivated meat in Florida and beyond.

  • Studio Plantaardig Podcast

    Our insights on the misinformation surrounding meat and plant-based narratives, as documented in the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report, were featured in an episode of Studio Plantaardig’s podcast, discussing how misinfluencers and industry lobby groups are undermining climate action.

  • European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

    The European Environmental Bureau’s report cited our findings from the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars investigation, which documented how social media misinformation is used by the meat and dairy industry to sway public opinion and undermine climate action.

  • Sustainable Brands

    Sustainable Brands covered our insights from the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report highlighting how conspiracy theories and culture war narratives undermine sustainable food policies and climate-friendly dietary shifts

  • Green Reporter

    Green Reporter featured our insights from the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report about how social media narratives driven by conspiracy theories and cultural wars undermine climate-friendly diets and policy efforts worldwide.

  • Green Queen

    Green Queen featured our analysis for the Changing Markets Foundation’s Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report. Our research exposed how misinformation and conspiracy theories about meat and dairy are undermining climate action, with a small group of influencers fueling cultural and political polarization on social media.

  • Vegeconomist

    Vegconomist covered our findings from the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report, which analysed misinformation narratives that seek to undermine sustainable food transitions.

  • Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR)

    Our recent report uncovering the extent of dairy and beef misinformation on social media was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio's "The Morning Show." The segment discusses how our findings demonstrate the significant underestimation of environmental harm caused by the meat and dairy industry in online narratives.

  • European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

    The European Environmental Bureau showcased findings from our "Truth, Lies and Culture Wars" report, highlighting the role of misinformation in social media debates about meat and dairy. The article presents our findings as a call to action, stressing the need for consumers to critically evaluate such information, which is essential for moving towards a sustainable food future.

  • Duurzaam Nieuws

    Duurzaam Nieuws covered our findings from the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report, exposing how powerful political figures and meat/dairy lobbies in the Netherlands, the US, and elsewhere actively push misinformation and derail efforts to cut meat and dairy consumption.

  • Sentient Media

    Sentient Media featured our insights from the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report, showcasing how conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns on social media are obstructing climate action. 

  • The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

    The Bureau of Investigative Journalism featured our findings from the Truth, Lies and Culture Wars report, which analyzed social media conversations and exposed the scale of misinformation campaigns that distort climate and nutrition science.

  • Communicating Climate Change

    How do we use our tools to approach climate change and phenomena like climate anxiety? Listen to our conversation with Dickon Bonvik Stone on the Communicating Climate Change podcast.

  • WIRED

    With the Digital Planet team at Tufts University, we tracked hate speech on Twitter before and after Musk took ownership of the company and discovered the negative phenomenon has become increasingly viral.

  • New York Times

    Ahead of the US midterm elections, our research with Tufts University uncovered the fears surrounding false narratives and conspiracy theories that could pollute American political discourse.

  • WHO Europe

    At the WHO Youth for Health Forum, Managing Director Ravi Sreenath participated in a panel, discussing infodemic management and how younger generations can be involved in promoting health and digital literacy.

  • CNET

    Toxicity on Twitter is explored through the activities of the QAnon influencers of the far right. Our work with Tufts University underlines the rise of false conspiracy theories.

  • The Washington Post

    When whispers about Musk’s takeover of Twitter began in early 2022, we worked with Digital Planet at Tufts University to map the emotions of millions of social media posts to uncover the true sentiment about the billionaire’s ownership.

  • POLITICO

    In its Digital Future Daily newsletter, POLITICO featured the findings from our study of over 4 million tweets related to Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.

  • VOX

    Our research detected negative sentiment and spikes in sadness and anger which dominated discussions surrounding Elon Musk’s bid to purchase Twitter.

  • MIT Review

    The reversal of Roe V Wade garnered negative sentiment across millions of social media posts, as our research with the Digital Planet at Tufts University revealed.

  • Forbes

    The value of our large-scale social data and research that explores the main narratives on climate anxiety is noted to fill the gaps on this important mental health topic.

  • NextBillion

    How can we leverage big data to improve mental health in regions like Nigeria following the COVID-19 pandemic? Our investigation touches upon how we can overcome the western-centric focus in mental health research.

  • Boston Globe

    ‘The Toxic Tales of the 2022 Midterms’ report and our collaboration with Tufts University received more coverage, used to underline the negative impact Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has had.

  • Fortune

    Our analysis of trending political narratives across over 4.5 million posts highlights how extremism and toxicity are flourishing on Twitter.

  • Indian Express

    Bhaskar Chakravorti dissects our research on the dangers of Elon Musk’s Twitter and encourages Twitter titans to take a sabbatical from the platform post-acquisition.

  • Fast Company

    Our sentiment analysis, carried out in collaboration with the Digital Planet team at Tufts University, highlights the negative emotions expressed by users on the platform following Musk’s bid to take over Twitter.