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University of Cyprus: Educational seminar for students on disinformation and content verification practices

July 10, 2024 An educational seminar on the topic of ...

MedDMO – funded project presented at AAAI Conference in the US

June 20, 2024 Dr. Nikos Salamanos from the Cyprus University ...

May 2024: Disinformation about the EU increased a month before the European elections

Malicious disinformation about the EU has reached its highest levels since May 2023. It represents a percentage corresponding to 15% of the total disinformation issues ...

MedDMO’s progress captivated journalism student audience at the University of Athens

The next generation of journalists took part in a critical discussion Tuesday 11/6 at the University of Athens around the role of investigative journalism and ...

April 2024: EU and climate change related misinformation was up, false claims around Ukraine are down slightly

June 3, 2024 22% of all misinformation recorded in the ...

Media and misinformation workshops for students in Malta

May 23, 2024 Over 150 students in Malta got to ...

Presentation of MedDMO’s activities by AUTH at journalism conference in Rhodes

May 22, 2024 The role of the MedDMO in the ...

Focus on Media Literacy: MedDMO’s researchers talk about what’s next

May 15, 2024 Researchers play a pivotal role in ensuring ...

Journalism Students report on 2024 EU Elections

In preparation for the upcoming European elections in June 2024, an educational activity was conducted at the University of Cyprus as part of the relevant ...

Paper on left-wing extremism on decentralized web acknowledges MedDMO

A paper that is to be published in early June titled ‘Exploring Left-Wing Extremism on the Decentralized Web: An Analysis of Lemmygrad.ml ‘ acknowledges MedDMO.

Monthly fact-checking brief no. 34 is out

EDMO has published its latest monthly fact-checking brief, focusing on Macron's words and Crocus' terrorist attack boost disinformation about Ukraine.

Neapolis University Pafos – “Keys” for recognizing fake news in the hands of students

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 ...