Events tagged with "Online Disinformation"

The prominence of facts determining credibility of news and the media until the recent past is increasingly questioned in the present. Online manipulation adversely affect our previously shared…

The exposure of the society to disinformation represents a major challenge for Europe. In this sense, the European Commission works on implementing a set of actions for countering online…

During this CONNECT University session, the COMPROP team held a workshop on how bots, junk news producers, and targeted online misinformation campaigns operate. The focus was on potential ways…

The role of platforms as gatekeepers of information and disinformation has become very important. During this CONNECT University session high-level speakers discussed how successful was the…

In 2019, the EU called for the protection of European societies from hybrid threats and disinformation originating from state and non-state actors. Such threats are not only relevant for the EU…

Disinformation is not a new phenomenon – but through technological advances and the speed at which information travels, we are looking at a much more complex environment. While online platforms…

The digital age and our continual online presence has escalated the problem of disinformation, both in spread and in speed, and consequently in its influence. The COVID19 outbreak has further…

This CONNECT University online session highlighted the importance of supporting various forms of the fight against disinformation and debunking false news, e.g. fact checking, data driven…

The Covid-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an “infodemic” – an overflow of information about the virus, often false or inaccurate and spread quickly over social media. This has made it…