October 3, 2023

Photo of German leader addressing UN falsely portrayed as Sri Lanka president

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October 3, 2023 A photo of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaking to an almost empty conference hall has surfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it shows Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The picture, which shows Scholz speaking at the United Nations, drew media attention in Germany, with commentators saying it suggested nobody was interested […]

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PR campaign behind brief ‘renaming’ of Berlin Street after a Kenyan marathon champion

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September 26, 2023 Kenyan marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon for a record fifth time on September 24, 2023. After his much-celebrated victory, social media posts emerged online with an image of a street sign in the German capital purportedly bearing Kipchoge’s name. Some claimed the Kenyan was being honoured for his

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CORRECTIV and GADMO organize first fact-checking conference in Bonn

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September 21, 2023 Exchange, cooperation and networking against disinformation: Under this premise, CORRECTIV and GADMO organized their first fact-checking conference on Friday, September 15, as part of the new b° future festival in Bonn. Around 40 participants accepted the invitation to the University of Bonn to discuss important topics related to disinformation, artificial intelligence, regulation

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GADMO nominated for eAward 2023 in the category “Machine Learning and AI”

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September 18, 2023 The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and the APA – Austria Presse Agency have been nominated with GADMO for the eAward 2023 in the category “Machine Learning and AI”. The research team of the Center for Digital Safety & Security of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and the fact checkers of

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CoP Monitor published: platforms’ actions against disinfo are insufficient

Editor's Choice, Research & Development /

September 18, 2023 GADMO and the EDMO Ireland Hub have presented a detailed analysis on how major digital platforms deal with misinformation and disinformation. It shows: The platforms’ self-disclosures leave much to be desired. Overall, they do too little to curb the spread of false claims and disinformation. The analysis specifically examines whether Google, Meta,

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Unrelated military clips falsely shared in 2023 as ‘German-Philippine weapons deal’

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August 31, 2023 After the Philippines accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon at its boats in August 2023, unrelated clips of fighter jets surfaced in posts that falsely claim they show Germany supplying the Philippines with military weapons against China. But German and Philippine officials said no such weapons deal had happened. Multiple

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More than half of German Internet users are confronted with political disinformation at least occasionally

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August 21, 2023 More than one in two people in Germany encounter politically motivated disinformation on the Internet at least occasionally (54%), and 85% say it has the potential to endanger democracy. These are the findings of a recent survey by the the forsa Institute for Social Research and Statistical Analysis commissioned by the Media

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Video shows migrants jumping off moving bus in Algeria, not Germany

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August 4, 2023 A video has been shared multiple times on social media in Africa and Europe in 2023 alongside a claim that it shows Ghanaian immigrants jumping out of a moving bus in Germany to evade deportation. But this is misleading: the clip shows immigrants jumping off a bus in Algeria. “Ghanaians in Germany

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Facebook silent as pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign rages on

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July 17, 2023 by Max Bernhard Despite Facebook’s supposed takedown last year, a pro-Russian disinformation campaign continues to be active on the social-media platform. It is promoting spoofed news and government websites, as well as content by politicians of Germany’s far-right AfD party. South Park-style Propaganda: That is how one could describe the cartoon series

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Politicians of Germany’s far-right AfD are benefitting from a pro-Russian propaganda campaign. Here is how.

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July 17, 2023 by Max Bernhard A network of fake accounts on Facebook is agitating against Ukraine and has been sharing fake pro-Russian articles and websites for months. Politicians of the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland seem to also benefit: the network ran ads to promote content by the party’s politicians. This pro-Russian disinformation campaign

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