🎥Carolina Fernández-Castrillo (CAROLINA FERNÁNDEZ-CASTRILLO), from UC3M will examine “Disinformation trends in the DANA Photojournalist Flood Coverage” at the #EUDisinfo_Congress. 🗓️ October 30 Join her at disinformation.es🔗

Only a few days left until the #EUDisinfo_Congress! 🇪🇺 🎙️ Massimo Flore (Massimo Flore) will delve into “Synthetic friends: AI companions and the future of disinformation” on disinformation.es Don’t miss it! 🗓️ October 29 & 30

Tomorrow it all begins! 🔔 Luis Bouza (Luis Bouza García), from UAM Autónoma Madrid, will join the opening session discussing “European responses to disinformation”. 👉 Join us at #EUDisinfo_Congress 📍UC3M

Launch of the 2nd European Congress on Disinformation and Fact-Checking! 🇪🇺 🎉 428 participants from 58 countries — thank you all for joining. 👏 Special thanks to Daniel Catalán (Daniel Catalán) and Carlos Elías (CARLOS ELIAS) for an inspiring opening! #EUDisinfo_Congress

🗣️ Great insights from “Journalism vs Populism: EU Communication in the Face of the Disinformation Pandemic”. 🎙️Moderated by Jorge Tuñón (Jorge Tuñón Navarro), joined by Raquel Ruiz (Raquel R. Incertis), Luis Bouza (Luis Bouza García) & Rocío Sánchez (Rocío Savas). #EUDisinfo_Congress🇪🇺

🎙️Paula Barrachina (Paula Barrachina), Head of Communications & Spokesperson ACNUR España, presents “The Information Integrity Toolkit”. #EUDisinfo_Congress Follow the rest of the afternoon live 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=nea7NW…

🗳️ Great session on "Politics in the Age of Disinformation: The Role of Fact-Checking" 👏 Moderated by Mariola Moreno (UC3M), with speakers from 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇸🇭🇷🇪🇸 discussing polarization, propaganda & elections. #EUDisinfo_Congress

🌍 Fascinating perspective from Flavia Ferreira Santos, founder of i-Connect Lab (UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳🇵🇹) on how young learners face climate disinformation through a Forest School case study. #EUDisinfo_Congress

🧠Hanna Gawel (Hanna Gawel, PhD) from Uniwersytet Jagielloński 🇵🇱, explored “The Gossiping Machine: Ethical Tensions in AI-Assisted Verification Systems as Information Ecosystem Actors.” 💭 A sharp look at ethics and automation in fact-checking. #EUDisinfo_Congress

Day 2 of the #EUDisinfo_Congress kicks off! 🎙️ EU Jean Monnet Chair: EU, Disinformation and Fake News with CARLOS ELIAS, Bella Palomo,Raquel Alonso & Lucas Graves. 📍UC3M 🎥 Follow live: youtube.com/live/40kQcXVwr…

🧬 Powerful discussion on pseudoscience, conspiracy theories and media literacy in health communication. Moderated by Daniel Catalán (Daniel Catalán), with An Nguyen & Rut Gómez Sobrino. #EUDisinfo_Congress 🇪🇺

💬 Session “Viral Lies, Verified Truths: Fact-Checking and Disinformation on Social Media”. 🎙️ Stefano Lovi (UNINT Università 🇮🇹) examines how social media platforms amplify fake news and rumors in the age of unmoderated content. #EUDisinfo_Congress

🗣️ Jason Potel (Jason Potel) from Goldsmiths, University of London 🇬🇧, discusses which psychological traits are most susceptible to AI-generated misinformation in “Smart Lies, Smarter Tools.” Moderated by Carolina Fernández-Castrillo (CAROLINA FERNÁNDEZ-CASTRILLO). #EUDisinfo_Congress

🔎”Between Interface and Practices" — Brogan Latil (UvA Amsterdam) & Bastian August (Universität Paderborn) 🇳🇱 examined Community Notes on X as a new frontier in collaborative fact-checking. #EUDisinfo_Congress 📍UC3M

🇵🇹 Inês Guedes (Universidade Porto) presents key findings from her study “Fake News Spread and Susceptibility” — exploring how misinformation takes root in Portugal. Moderated by Raquel Ruiz (Raquel R. Incertis) from UC3M 🇪🇸. #EUDisinfo_Congress

💬 “From Content to Publics: A Case for Focusing on Disinformation Audiences”. Gulnara Zakharova (Panthéon-Assas université) 🇫🇷analyzed how understanding audiences is key to tackling disinformation. #EUDisinfo_Congress

🗣️ Michael Ray Smith (LCC Int University 🇱🇹) reflects on “Reforms from Yesterday that Were Lost in Translation” in the panel Disinformation and Democracy: Fact-Checking in Political Contexts, moderated by Rocío Sánchez (Rocío Savas). 📍 UC3M #EUDisinfo_Congress

👋👋Thank you to everyone who attended and made this a memorable event! We will be sharing photos of the highlights in the coming days, see you next time! 🚀 #EUDisinfo_Congress 📍UC3M

💡Daniel Catalán (Daniel Catalán) Director of UC3M MediaLab, took part in the SFI MediaFutures Annual Meeting at Universitetet i Bergen, Norway 🇳🇴. His talk highlighted MediaLab’s commitment to evidence-based strategies that empower users and counter health misinformation 💻.

📣Dr. Rut Gómez Sobrino presented UC3M MediaLab National HealthComm Project at the “Understanding and Responding to Health Disinformation” international webinar 🌍, sharing insights on the importance of clear, accurate communication for public health.