Field Notes: April 2026

Links to help you find your way in our polluted information environment

Apr 6 • Nina Jankowicz

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March 2026

Foreign Disinformation is the ‘New Warfare’ and Democracies are ‘Sitting Ducks,’ Says UK Parliament

Foreign Affairs Committee Report Tries to Maintain the Fight for Reality Amid U.S. Backsliding

Mar 30 • Nina Jankowicz

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Brazil Bars Trump’s Coup Tourist

Ahead of Brazilian elections, institutions hold the line against MAGA meddling

Mar 24 • Nina Jankowicz

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The Algorithm Is Your Asshole Boyfriend

Why creators are incentivized toward hyperbole, and how to stop it

Mar 17 • Nina Jankowicz

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10 Days to a Safer Digital Life 🧭

Get my new privacy and online safety toolkit, join The Americans rewatch, and see what I’m building in democracy & tech.

Mar 11 • Nina Jankowicz

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MAGA's Election Interference Flip

Trump is weaponizing foreign threats after gutting the infrastructure that fought them.

Mar 2 • Nina Jankowicz

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February 2026

Ask Nina: From Ukraine Myths to Cyberstalking

Answering reader questions about reaching loved ones lost to propaganda, and what to do when power itself becomes a weapon.

Feb 23 • Nina Jankowicz

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The Weaponization of Non‑Redaction

From the Epstein files to congressional “censorship” reports, MAGA is using "transparency" as a weapon—and calling it accountability.

Feb 17 • Nina Jankowicz

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The Government Is Supposed to Protect Us

Australian birds, American chaos, and the rules that keep democracies alive.

Feb 11 • Nina Jankowicz

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Dispatch from Down Under: Keeping Australians Safe Online

Inside Australia’s pioneering efforts to hold tech companies accountable—and the campaign of conspiracies that followed.

Feb 3 • Nina Jankowicz

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January 2026

They Killed Alex Pretti, But Not the Truth

How ordinary people and open-source sleuths are fighting authoritarianism with evidence

Jan 26 • Nina Jankowicz

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I Never Want to Write About Deepfake Sexual Abuse Again

Why nobody’s solved this horrifying problem—and how you can help

Jan 19 • Nina Jankowicz

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