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    ContractsSocial Media Accuracy Research: Evaluating User Interventions
    Awarded contract

    Social Media Accuracy Research: Evaluating User Interventions

    Awarded
    £81k
    Published 29 Jun 2026

    DCMS seeks research evaluating how social media interface interventions help users distinguish accurate from inaccurate news.

    🇬🇧United KingdomPublished 29 Jun 2026· 1 months agoviaContracts Finder
    Awarded
    £81k
    Published 29 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £80,981
      Pounds sterling
    • Tender closed
      21 Apr 2026
      3 months ago
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • TI
      THINKS INSIGHT AND STRATEGY BRITAIN THINKS LTD
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    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 1 months ago.

    29 Jun 2026Today21 Apr 2026

    Brief

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is seeking a research supplier to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to help social media users identify reliable versus unreliable news sources. This research will assess how various interface-based tools, features, and design changes can improve user ability to distinguish between accurate and inaccurate information on social media platforms. The research will provide evidence to inform policy decisions about trust and media literacy in digital environments.

    Track record

    5 awards · 5 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT has awarded 5 contracts to 5 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Economic Insight1× · 20%
    2. ALMA ECONOMICS LIMITED1× · 20%
    3. THINKS INSIGHT AND STRATEGY BRITAIN THINKS LTD1× · 20%
    4. Frontier Economics1× · 20%
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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    dbac234e-c0cd-4cea-a99a-327a1fc1e9b6-903801
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    Buyer
    DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT
    Sector
    Research & Innovation