In a globalized world, viruses have the potential to spread rapidly across the human population in all continents. However, these pathogens spread at a rate that pales in comparison with the speed at which false news on those very pathogens is disseminated online.
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SOMA’s 1st research paper was presented at the 8th International Conference on Complex Networks & Their Applications!
Watch two recent interviews of our Project Coordinator, Dr. Nikos Sarris, discussing the work of the European Observatory Against Disinformation.
On December 9th 2019, SOMA will participate in the workshop ‘Tackling the DISinfo Phenomenon: From Understanding Its Causes to Implementing Strategies to Cope with & Prevent It’.
The Media Literacy Institute and Journalists About Journalism are organizing for the third year the Greek Week for Media Education.
Nowadays, information found online is not always reliable, because digital content may be manipulated, and its spreading could be also used for disinformation.
The workshop is organized during the International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS), from June 3rd-5th 2020 in Amsterdam.
With the help of the Observatory members we have gathered below a list of videos on digital news verification that are worth watching.
The News Agency of Portugal (LUSA) published an article profiling the objectives of the Social Observatory on Media Analysis against Disinformation…
TOFFEE (TOol for Fighting FakEs) funded by IMT School For Advanced Studies is organising its first workshop in Lucca on October, 24 and 25, 2019.