May 31, 2023

Fact-checking conference and workshop on September 15 & 16 in Bonn

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May 31, 2023 Exchange, cooperation and networking against disinformation: Under this motto, GADMO partner CORRECTIV will be organizing a fact-checking conference on Friday, September 15, as part of the new b° future festival. The event in Bonn invites fact checkers, media professionals, researchers and experts mainly from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to discuss together important […]

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EDMO establishes Task Force on 2024 European Parliament Elections

Editor's Choice, News & Events /

May 30, 2023 The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) has established a Task Force on the 2024 European Parliament Elections. The main purpose of this initiative is to monitor the EU information ecosystem ahead of the elections, as well as monitoring, collecting and facilitating communications in research, MIL and fact-checking initiatives. Also building on the

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Satirical article misrepresented amid Bud Light backlash

Germany, EN Fact Checks /

April 26, 2023 Social media users in 2023 were claiming Oktoberfest organizers banned Budweiser products after Bud Light was featured in a promotional video from a transgender influencer. This is false; the claims stem from a network of satire websites that publish made-up stories — and a spokesperson for the annual German beer festival called

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Photo shows president-led biker rally in Brazil, not support for terminally ill German child

Germany, EN Fact Checks /

April 13, 2023 A picture of what appears to be a large group of motorcycles driving down a motorway has been shared online in 2023 with a false claim it shows nearly 20,000 bikers in Germany riding in support of a young boy diagnosed with cancer. While thousands of motorcyclists reportedly rode in support of

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Photo shows volunteers posing for artwork in Germany, not ‘captured Pakistani soldiers’

Germany, EN Fact Checks /

March 15, 2023 An image of dozens of naked people bent over has circulated in 2023 in social media posts that falsely claim it shows Pakistani soldiers who were captured in 1971 during a nine-month war that saw then-East Pakistan emerge as an independent Bangladesh. The picture includes text that says it shows 93,000 captured

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Job advert for cannabis users in Germany falsely linked to Indian state government

Germany, EN Fact Checks /

March 3, 2023 A regional opposition party in India has falsely linked in 2023 a news report about a lucrative job offer for cannabis users to the ruling government in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. But the job — which promises a hefty salary for someone to check the quality of medical marijuana —

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Despite pledges, online platforms are failing in the fight against Disinformation

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February 22, 2023 The Executive Board of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) welcomes the publication of the first reports of the Signatories of the Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation in the Transparency Centre. EDMO invites the signatories to be more accurate, clear, and transparent in their reporting. The published reports do not constitute sufficient compliance

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Media forensics: GADMO researchers develop AI tools to support verification

Research & Development /

February 22, 2023 AI models generate texts, images and videos – and sometimes stray far from reality. Currently, systems like ChatGPT, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion impressively show what learning systems are capable of. Many people can interact with the models for the first time, try out scenarios and test use cases. “This step is particularly

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