Panagiotis Ntatzis

The Anti-Disinformation Centre ‘Fact Check Cyprus’ was created at the Social Computing Research Centre of CUT

News & Events

November 20, 2023 The Social Computing Research Centre of CUT (Home) announces the creation of the Anti-Disinformation Centre Fact-Check Cyprus (https://factcheckcyprus.org). This is the first anti-disinformation group established in Cyprus to study and refute false claims. It is the culmination of a collaboration of individuals involved in the fight against misinformation in Cyprus and Greece. …

The Anti-Disinformation Centre ‘Fact Check Cyprus’ was created at the Social Computing Research Centre of CUT Read More »

Israel-Hamas conflict: At the top of disinformation in Europe during October

News & Events

November 17, 2023 The highest relative percentage of fake news recorded since April 2022 on a single topic in Europe belongs to the Israel-Hamas conflict during October 2023. In particular, 573 cases of fake stories revolved around it, out of a total of 1,576, i.e. a percentage of almost 36%. The most recent similar case …

Israel-Hamas conflict: At the top of disinformation in Europe during October Read More »

Participation in the first Cypriot-Estonian symposium on the challenges of information disorder

News & Events

November 7, 2023 On November 2, 2023, the Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO) and the University of Cyprus participated in the first Cypriot-Estonian symposium titled “Cyprus and Estonia in the Face of Information Disorder: Media, Audiences, and State Institutions”. The event was organized by the Department of Communications, Centre for Communications Studies and Research at …

Participation in the first Cypriot-Estonian symposium on the challenges of information disorder Read More »

Verification Plugin

Media Literacy - Tools

The Fake News Debunker toolkit (or verification plug-in) has been developed in previous EU-funded projects, namely InVID (2016-2018) and WeVerify (2018-2021). It

Truly Media

Media Literacy - Tools

Truly Media is the prime collaborative fact-checking platform for news verification purposes in Europe, developed by ATC with the assistance of Deutsche

The Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory (MedDMO) is an alliance of fact-checkers, media literacy experts and scientists taking a coordinated approach to combating disinformation and misinformation.

Contact

This project has received funding from the European Union under Grant Agreement number 101083756. This website reflects the views only of the independent Consortium, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained herein.