Fifteen undergraduate students of the University of Neapolis in Paphos learned tangible ways of identifying and preventing disinformation, following an educational initiative by the Social Informatics Research Unit of TEPAK and Fact Check Cyprus, in collaboration with Greece Fact Check
Neapolis University Pafos – “Keys” for recognizing fake news in the hands of students Read More »
Article by Megan Mallia, Researcher at the University of Malta, a partner of the MedDMO project
If there is one word we have been hearing a lot in recent years, it’s ‘misinformation’.
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Freshman Journalism students learned the… secrets of combating misinformation as it is carried out within the framework of MedDMO from Professor of AUTH, Andreas Veglis.
MedDMO’s actions are presented to Journalism students of the University of Cyprus Read More »
March 21, 2024 Disinformation about the war in Ukraine increased by a few percentage points, going from 7% in January to 10% the following month. Disinformation about immigration and disinformation about the EU also increased, even if more moderately. View the month’s monthly report as compiled by EDMO’s fact-checking team here.
March 13, 2024 The MedDMO research project that started its journey to help combat disinformation in Greece, Cyprus and Malta in December 2022, continues its work for the next three days in Limassol. As part of an event that will take place on Thursday, March 14 between 10:30 – 12:15 in the Amphitheater of the
MedDMO continues its work in Limassol! Read More »
February 19, 2024 The European Digital Media Observatory has identified the increase in disinformation related to the farmers’ protests in many countries of the European Union in January – following smaller rallies in the previous months. As noted in the relevant January brief, several false reports began to inflate the extent of the protests, using
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February 8, 2024 Disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war dropped significantly in December 2023, while disinformation about the EU, climate change, Ukraine and immigration increased. View the month’s monthly report as compiled by EDMO’s fact-checking team here.
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December 20, 2023 The 32 organizations* part of the EDMO fact-checking network that contributed to this brief published a total of 1.354 fact-checking articles in November 2023. Out of these articles, 349 (26%) focused on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, 72 (5%) on Ukraine-related disinformation; 69 (5%) on COVID-19-related disinformation; 72 (5%) on climate
EDMO brief: Disinformation about the Middle East conflict remains prominent in November Read More »
The MedDMO Media Plurality Report is an annual publication that aims to present and assess the plurality and diversity of the news media ecosystem in the three countries comprising
MedDMO Media Plurality Report 2022 Read More »
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 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.
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