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Can fact checking address the excesses of disinformation?
First step in understanding the above-mentioned question will be revisiting the concepts. Fact-checking simply put is the process of verifying information, to promote the veracity and accurateness of reporting and statements. The process of fact-chec... -
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What is behind the use of social networks? Webinar takeaways
Professor Gordon Ingram is a cyber psychologist at the University of the Andes and his main area of research has been influenced by his curiosity in investigating the behaviors of the young population in digital environments.Professor Ingram highligh... -
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Combating Disinformation Project Case Study from Colnodo
Starting PointColnodo, after working in different areas of Colombia, recognized the need to address mothers, fathers, and caregivers as one of its target populations since minors, that is, the children of this population are among the most vulnerable... -
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The Future of Disinformation
Disinformation is currently a worldwide phenomenon caused by the massification of information that the Internet allows to share and disseminate quickly and effectively. This phenomenon, largely promoted by information technology, has permeated the wo... -
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Why and how are we vulnerable to disinformation?
Disinformation understood as any information that turns out to be false, poses an inevitable challenge to human cognition and social interaction. This is a consequence of the fact that people are often wrong and sometimes lie. This fact and phenomeno... -
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Oigetit Fake News Filter
Oigetit is a tool that uses AI-based filtering technology to verify the veracity of news, analyzing one million articles per hour and providing users with reliable news from around the world. -
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Fact-checking and fake news in the Colombian and Chilean context
Today, we have a group of Fact-Checkers around the world called the International Fact-Checking Network, which is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers from around the world. It monitors trends in fact-checking,... -
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Disinformation Trends in Central-Eastern Europe - key takeaways
On June 30th we met four experts in the field of countering disinformation to discuss the wartime media trends in Central-Eastern Europe and their potential ramifications.We had with us:🔹 Tomas Krissak (Gerulata Technologies, Slovakia)🔹 Iryna Shvet... -
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Post-truth: lies that appear to be true
What is it?It was the word of the year for the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016, but it was firstly used in 1992. The first person to use the term post-truth was the novelist Steve Tesich, who used it in 1992 in an article for The Nation magazine. H... -
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War-time Disinformation Landscape in the CEE 30.06 | 5 PM
It’s been almost 4 months since Russia escalated the war in Ukraine and we are most likely preparing for a long term conflict with all its consequences. After the initial amazing outpouring of kindness and solidarity from the world and people from al...
