> Despite growing concern about information disorder's threat to democracy, public health, and national security, we lack systematic data about how governments worldwide conceptualize and respond to this challenge. This paper introduces the Global Disinformation Policy Database (GDPD) and presents the first comprehensive descriptive analysis of global policy responses to information disorder.  The GDPD consists of more than three hundred laws and policies from 2000 to 2024 from 132 countries. The GDPD advances beyond existing policy inventories by characterizing laws and policies in more detail, enabling cross-national comparative analysis. The database was constructed through a methodology combining automated internet searches with qualitative coding, capturing policy documents, academic studies, news articles, and stakeholder statements. This descriptive analysis reveals significant variation in how governments conceptualize and respond to information disorder. I map the global distribution of policy approaches, from platform regulation and criminalization to media literacy initiatives and institutional capacity building, identifying patterns across policy instrumentation, regions, and over time. This paper provides the empirical foundation for understanding the evolving landscape of information disorder governance and serves as the basis for subsequent hypothesis testing and comparative analysis. ## Other Policy Databases > this section will be online this afternoon