🆕 Majority of Czechs agree with the conclusions of the police investigation into the Vrbětice ammunition depot explosions. Also, 69% believe that Russian intelligence services have been operating in Czechia for a long time. ℹ️ More #CEDMOtrends📈 at: cedmohub.eu/fifty-eight-pe…

We are more than happy to be part of the European Digital Media Observatory family! Check out our united work against #disinformation in numbers below 👇

📉 Since March, the number of Slovaks who felt exposed to disinformation is decreasing. 37% felt they had been exposed to disinformation. Conversely, 63% of people do not feel they have been exposed to disinformation. ℹ️ More about #CEDMOtrends📈 at: cedmohub.eu/cedmo-trends-s…

As expected, Russia did not miss the chance to try influencing the results of the EU elections. 🇷🇺 continued #Doppelgänger disinformation campaign, also targeted fact-checkers & @OPENAI confirmed their use of ChatGPT. ℹ️ More in European Digital Media Observatory report: cedmohub.eu/edmo-final-rep…

🆕 #CEDMOtrends📈 about the assassination attempt on Róbert Fico 50% of Slovaks believe that the government will use this tragic event to limit democracy (e.g. suppressing the rights of the opposition or limiting freedom of speech). ℹ️ Read more at: cedmohub.eu/cedmo-trends-t…

🧑‍🎓 In June, high school students from DELTA Pardubice visited KInIT for Erasmus+ internship. They contributed to the project by developing a demo of #Telescope app. This innovative tool aims to track and predict the impact of social media posts, including disinformation.

Polish fact-checking organization 🔎 DEMAGOG verified the statement of a Polish politician Joanna Lichocka from Law and Justice (PiS) about the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. ⚠️ It's a #manipulation. 🔎 Read the analysis: bit.ly/ManipulacjaLic…

Polish fact-checking organization 🔎 DEMAGOG verified the statement of a Polish politician Konrad Berkowicz from Nowa Nadzieja about the riots in UK after the murder of three young girls. 🔎 Read the analysis: bit.ly/BerkowiczManip…

CEDMO will be at GLOBSEC 2024 forum! 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 We'll discuss "Protecting Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: What's Next?" focusing on resilience against disinformation and other phenomena undermining democracies. The forum starts this Friday—see you there! #GLOBSEC2024

Polish fact-checking organization 🔎 DEMAGOG verified the statement of a Polish politician, Pawel Usiadek, from @Konfederacja_ about the introduction of the EU Digital Identity Wallet. 🔎 Read the analysis: bit.ly/EuropejskiPort…

Interested in the best fact-checks across Europe? 🌍 👉 Check out European Digital Media Observatory's latest fact-checking map, encompassing highlighted fact-checked content during August at: edmo.eu/publications/b…

The handbook "Risks associated with generative artificial intelligence" is here! 🤩 This publication addresses the timely issue of potential and real risks associated with artificial intelligence (#AI). ℹ️ Download the handbook for free in Czech at: cedmohub.eu/what-are-the-r…

⚠️ ALTERED: A video falsely claims to show Kamala Harris and Tim Walz posing with a "Revolutionary Communists" banner. ✅FACT: The footage has been altered, the original image shows a sign reading “Kamala and The Coach”. 👉 bit.ly/475soru

🤖 Analyses show that #AI generates images of light-skinned people for higher social status and images of dark-skinned people for lower status. This is an example of AI bias. ℹ️ Find out more information on AI bias in our free guide in Czech at: cedmohub.eu/what-are-the-r…

Throwback to European Digital Media Observatory conference! 🤩 Read the report from the conference, including our inputs from Tana 🕊 Abrhamova, below 👇