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"Doing more harm than good?" - Balaton NGOs for environmentally conscious mosquito control
GoalsThe Balatonalmádi ’Together for Our Town’ Association in cooperation with the neighboring town’s community (Lovas Harbour), between May and October 2024 conducted a campaign - partly scientific, partly educational - on the effective and nature-f... -
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Media Literacy and Misinformation Education in iQLANDIA
At a time when the online space is flooded with information messages of varying nature and quality, media literacy and critical thinking are key skills for the younger generation. iQLANDIA, a science center in Liberec, has risen to this challenge by... -
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Taxonomy of Falsehoods. Classification of False Statements
Imagine the following situation:Michael, an elementary school student, is walking home from school and notices swallows sitting on a power line. When they fly away, they look relaxed and full of energy. This reminds him of how his parents charge thei... -
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GenZ Voters: Truth over Disinformation
Project OverviewOur "Civic 2.0: Critical Thinking and Responsible Voting" project aimed to enhance critical thinking skills and raise awareness about the importance of civic engagement among 30 Communication and Public Relations students from „Alexan... -
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Environmental Defenders Stigmatized as Opponents of Development
For the past two years, Colombia has topped the global ranking of countries with the most land and environmental defenders murdered, a ranking conducted by Global Witness. Last year, 79 people who dedicated their lives to these causes were reported k... -
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Interactive computer game "Disinformation Challenge" for developing critical thinking and building resistance to disinformation
"Disinformation Challenge " is a unique game based on the "Civic Resilience Initiative" and the "Three Cubes" project, with a focus on the Baltic countries. The project is supported by Google, which contributes to initiatives promoting digital litera... -
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Parents should be cautious when their children interact with chatbots
In a tragic case, the mother of a 14-year-old boy from Florida, USA, has accused an artificial intelligence company of contributing to her son’s suicide, claiming he received encouragement for the idea from the chatbot he was talking to. After the bo... -
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The Impact of Disinformation on U.S. Elections: Insights From a European Perspective
Disinformation's Political Weaponization in the U.S. Election ContextIn the U.S., recent tactics in disinformation have become increasingly complex. Unlike the Internet Research Agency troll factories of 2016 or fake advocacy groups of 2020, the tact... -
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Some Practical Steps to Counter Dangerous TikTok Trends
A study by the American Center for Countering Digital Hate, published in late 2022, found that TikTok promotes harmful content encouraging eating disorders and self-harm. This unfortunately has not changed since then.According to the study, it can ta... -
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Every time an election approaches, hate speech targeting ethnic groups in the media intensifies
Taking into account the fact that political parties in North Macedonia traditionally use nationalist rhetoric to gain political points, hate speech, mainly on ethnic grounds, increases intensively in every pre-election period. This year too, nothing...
