The Digital Technology for Democracy Lab is a collaboration across the University of Virginia that explores how rapidly evolving digital technologies can challenge, but might also fortify, democratic institutions and practices.
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AI makes it easier to code websites — including ones that scam consumers
DTD Lab seed grant recipient, Lana Swartz, warns about AI-generated scam websites impersonating legitimate businesses.
Media Rurality
Megan Wiessner, DTD Lab postdoc, has contributed a chapter to a new book investigating the centrality of rural places and people within the media systems and technologies that shape daily life in and across rural and urban settings. The book will be released in mid-April and can be pre-ordered now.
How will chatbots and AI-generated content influence the 2026 elections?
David Nemer, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, contributed to a new report by the newspaper O Globo about the influence of Chatbots and AI-generated content in the 2026 elections.
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