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Our focus areas address some of the most complex challenges facing open societies.</p> </div> <div class="focuses__focuses"> <div class="focuses__focus" data-intersect-appear data-spotlight-illo-appear data-speed="1.5"> <div class="focuses__illo"> <div class="focuses__illo__lottie is-visible" data-spotlight-illo-lottie="static/images/home/lottie/disinformation.json"></div> <div class="focuses__illo__svg"> <svg viewBox="0 0 460 690" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" data-spotlight-illo> <mask mask-type="alpha" id="mask-disinformation"> <circle fill="#c4c4c4" r="110.8" data-spotlight-illo-spotlight/> </mask> <g mask="url(#mask-disinformation)" data-spotlight-illo-full> <path d="m342.4 686.8h-226c1.4-60.8 51-109.8 112-110.4h1 1c61 .5 110.6 49.6 112 110.4z" fill="#404f91"/> <path d="m456.5 263v395.3c-6.6-49.7-29.1-95.5-65.1-131.6-38.2-38.2-87.5-61.2-140.6-66.1 1-.1 1.9-.2 2.9-.3 39.9-4.2 77.5-18.6 109.7-42 .6-.4 1.1-.8 1.7-1.2 9.2-6.8 18-14.4 26.3-22.6 36-36 58.6-81.9 65.1-131.5z" 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